Supply Lines

Superbugs Threaten to Wipe Out Big Amount of Meat Supplies

Chickens feed at a poultry farm near Karnal, India

Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg

It’s described as a silent pandemic with risks akin to climate change, and it’s bad news for food supplies.

Antimicrobial resistance, where viruses, fungi or bacteria become resistant to medicines, kills more than 1 million people every year and is a drag on healthcare resources and economies.