Antimicrobial resistance

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Antibiotic resistance has become a leading cause of death and now accounts for more fatalities than HIV and malaria worldwide, according to a new study published in Lancet. Host Marco Werman speaks to Ramanan Laxminarayan, a senior research scholar at Princeton University.

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