Antibiotic Resistant Superbug Arrives In America (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

We’ve heard for years that the effectiveness of antibiotics we use to fight everything from ear aches to urinary tract infections was at risk. Last week, bad news on that front. A new federal push to track down superbugs found one almost as soon as it started looking. In the United States. The first patient ever found here with a bacteria resistant to what is now our last line of antibiotic defense. This hour On Point, are we entering the post-antibiotic age? And what do we do about it? — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/05/31/antibiotic-superbug