| Summary: | A report on antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or "superbugs," and their growing prevalence worldwide. Studies have shown that two-thirds of all antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary, and overuse by humans combined with the integration of antibiotics into farm animal feed has spurred the evolution and proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Includes interviews with David Ricci, former patient, infected while teaching in New Delhi, India; Ramanan Laxminarayan, an economist and senior research scholar at Princeton University; Dr. Mamta Jajoo, a doctor at the neonatal intensive care unit at Chacha Nehru Children's Hospital in New Delhi; Michael Baym, a Harvard University biologist; Jeff O'Regan, the first American diagnosed with MCR-1; and Dr. Sarah Turbett, a microbiologist and infectious disease doctor.
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