> If we really lost antibiotics to advancing drug resistance — and trust me, we’re not far off
When did journalists become biomedical experts? I don't want to read a story about a serious subject that says "trust me".
When did journalists become biomedical experts? I don't want to read a story about a serious subject that says "trust me".
When they write books on the subject? http://superbugthebook.com/
She seems to specialize in medical topics. I don't see any mention of official credentials, but that's not the only way to learn things.
> She has won numerous journalism awards and held fellowships with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the East West Center, the Knight-Wallace Fellows of the University of Michigan, Harvard Medical School and the University of Maryland.
She isn't an MD or PhD, but when it comes to medical journalism, that's a pretty impressive list.
For more info (e.g., of a journalist talking to doctors and such), take a look at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hunting-the-nightmar...
> If we really lost antibiotics to advancing drug resistance — and many experts agree we may not be far off
Is it a problem? Yes. Are we close to the end? No.