What Is Currently Being Done to Combat Superbugs?

What Is Currently Being Done to Combat Superbugs? (0:41)

Research requested by President Obama and education on behalf of medical associations are two ways in which antibiotic resistance are being addressed. Watch Darria Long Gillespie, MD, talk about the efforts to combat superbugs in the U.S. and abroad.

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Superbugs refer to bacteria and other harmful microorganisms that are resistant to several types of antibiotics. Each year, drug resistant bacteria infect millions of people nationwide.

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