COVID-19: A preview of worse diseases to come

Amid coronavirus concerns, a healthcare worker takes the temperature of a visitor to Essentia Health who was crossing over a skywalk bridge from the adjoining parking deck, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Duluth, Minn. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)

COVID-19 has shown how vulnerable we are to a virus; in the future, will we be prepared to handle a pandemic caused by bacteria, which adapt faster than we can? There may be a worse bug coming, but while our current medicines don’t stand a chance, researchers are preparing one that might.

In this episode, we talk to Kim Lewis (University Distinguished Professor of biology and director of the Antimicrobial Discovery Center).

by Aria Bracci

April 22, 2020

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