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The Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
medicine and public healthAntibiotics have saved millions of lives since the 1940s, but their value is now under (1) threat. Every time these drugs are used, bacteria that happen to (2) the treatment survive and multiply, passing on their resistance. The problem is made worse when antibiotics are (3) for viral infections such as colds, against which they have no effect at all. Hospitals are particularly (4) because they bring together seriously ill patients and heavy antibiotic use. Experts argue that new drugs alone will not solve the problem; doctors and patients must also use existing ones more (5).