'We have arrived in the post-antibiotic era': WHO warns of too few new drugs for deadly superbugs

“We don’t have enough drugs.”Health officials have warned the public about antibiotic resistance for decades. In the U.S., antifungal drug-resistant infections from the fungus Candida auris increased 60% in 2020, according to the CDC. The WHO has identified 12 resistant superbugs deemed “priority pathogens,” and the CDC tracks a list of 18 drug-resistant bacteria and fungi. “It’s a matter of time.”The WHO says the rate of antibiotic resistance is accelerating. “At the end of the day, the ‘supply and demand’ model is not tenable for antibiotics,” Fowler said.