The following argument was taken from magazine and newspaper editorials and

letters to the editor. You might need to rephrase or state the conclusion that is only implied. 

Infectious disease is no longer the leading cause of death in this country,

thanks to antibiotics, but there are new strains of bacteria that are resistant

to—and others that grow only in the presence of—antibiotics. Yet Congress

wants to cut the National Institutes of Health budget. Further cuts would leave

us woefully unprepared to cope with the new microbes Mother Nature has

cooking in her kitchen.