{
  "id": 17099145,
  "title": "Drug-Resistant Germs Now Kill More Than 50,000 Americans Each Year, According to a New CDC Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/drug-resistant-germs-now-kill-more-than-50-000-americans-each-year",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-29T17:07:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/drug-resistant-germs-now-kill-more-than-50000-americans-each-year-according-to-a-new-cdc-report-180989774/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 19 \"superbugs\" that currently pose a threat to human health in the United States, plus another six that are being monitored as potential threats",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}