Opinion Editorial

The end of the era of antibiotics

July 24, 2011

Publication: The Boston Globe

Author: Gareth Cook

IT MAY not be too early to start writing an obituary for the era of antibiotics.

For decades, we have lived in blissful ignorance of the infectious diseases that tormented earlier generations. Just take a pill, or get a shot, and they will go away. But the miracle drugs are starting to fail, even for common diseases - and we have ourselves to blame.

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