ANTIBIOTICS
ARE ABOUT TO
STOP WORKING…

Antibiotics are so widely used today that it’s easy to forget they're among the most revolutionary medical breakthroughs in history.

Since Alexander Fleming stumbled upon penicillin nearly a century ago, antibiotics have saved hundreds of millions of lives.

But we now face a grave problem: bacteria are growing increasingly resistant to these drugs. This has led to a rise in so-called “superbugs” that threatens to return us to an era of untreatable diseases.

Why is this happening? And what can we do about it?