A Garbage Pail Kids-style healthcare-worker child with bloodshot eyes and flies has an oversized head transforming into a Petri dish covered in cartoon bacteria and fungi, against a pale-blue hospital background.

Superbug Sam

CDC Warns Drug-Resistant Superbugs Cause More Than 42,000 US Deaths Each Year

Published October 29, 2026

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The CDC says drug-resistant bacteria and fungi linked to healthcare facilities cause more than 42,000 deaths annually in the United States. This grotesque card turns a hospital kid’s head into a microbe-filled Petri dish to satirize the danger of superbugs.

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The article reports that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says drug-resistant bacteria and fungi commonly associated with healthcare facilities cause more than 42,000 deaths annually in the United States. Hospitals and nursing homes are highlighted as settings where these dangerous pathogens can spread. The story frames antimicrobial resistance as a serious public-health threat.

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