Are hedgehogs to blame for superbugs?

The threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), whereby antibiotics not longer work well on bacterial illness, is a slow-burning pandemic with the potential to eclipse even the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak. In a worst-case scenario, where vital antibiotics are rendered useless, modern medicine could be plunged back into the dark ages when minor infections were life-threatening, and all surgery was […]