By 2050, death from superbugs will outstrip the number of people dying from a cancer, a Cork GP has warned.

Almost 10,000 people in Ireland will die between now and 2050 unless something is done to tackle superbugs’ growing resistance to medicines, according to a report.

Cork scientists have identified an “arsenal” of new natural alternatives to antibiotics.

A bacterium that lives in the human nose produces an antibiotic lethal to the MRSA superbug, scientists have discovered.

The State’s health services watchdog says more needs to be done to protect patients from the growing superbug threat.

A new discovery could stem the spread of deadly superbugs predicted to kill millions of people worldwide over the coming decades.

Superbugs thought to have spread from animals have smashed through the last line in antibiotic defences and pose a global threat, scientists say.

Superbugs have been discovered, which no known antibiotics can treat.

The world is entering a post-antibiotic era in which common infections and minor injuries can kill, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.