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The threat of a post-antibiotic era

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 20, 2016 National

Starting back in the 1940s, antibiotics revolutionized the science and practice of medicine. But they're being used so often, and for so many reasons, that bacteria are learning to strike back — mutating to develop resistance. Now, the UN is trying to slow down a life-and-death crisis of global proportions.

Photo by Eric Erbe, digital colorization by Christopher Pooley, both of USDA

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Credits

Host:
Warren Olney

Producers:
Sáša Woodruff, Paul von Zielbauer, Christine Detz