WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama is looking to nearly double the federal funding to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria responsible for millions of illnesses a year, the White House said.
Obama will call for some $1.2 billion in the fiscal 2016 budget to fund research and training programs to deflect so-called superbugs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at least two million people are infected with drug-resistant bacteria a year and up to 23,000 die as a result of the infections.