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Are antibiotics doomed? David Hyun & Erin Duffy on the crisis no one talks about

Are antibiotics doomed? David Hyun & Erin Duffy on the crisis no one talks about

FREE FORUM PODCAST | In 2019, about 1.27M people died directly due to antimicrobial resistance – significantly more than from Covid in two years. When we lose antibiotics, we will be in a different world. Joint and organ replacement, cancer treatments and many other medical procedures will be a thing of the past. Terrence McNally talks about the growing dangers of antibiotic resistance and the lack of new drugs with David Hyun, MD, who directs the Antibiotic Resistance Project at the Pew Charitable Trust, and Erin Duffy, Chief of R&D at CARB-X.

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