Episode 37: A Prescription for Pestilence - The Global Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance
Update: 2025-11-19
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This week’s episode dives into the roots of the global antimicrobial resistance crisis. How did routine cuts, UTIs, and pneumonias become untreatable? What systems helped superbugs evolve — and why is the problem accelerating worldwide?
We explore the science, the policies, the failures, and the future of drug-resistant microbes in A Prescription for Pestilence: The Global Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance.
NOTE: All cited references are linked in the blog post for this episode at infectiousdose.com
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