Interview with Dr Matt McCarthy, Superbugs: The Race To Stop An Epidemic

Infectious-disease physician Dr Matt McCarthy discusses his book, 'Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic.' Matt shares why this is the most urgent and deadly public health issue of our time as well as the antibiotic he discovered to treat one of the most drug-resistant bacteria in the world – MRSA. Matt is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell and a staff physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He is also editor-in-chief of 'Current Fungal Infection Reports' and the author of 'The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly' and 'Odd Man Out.' Broadcast on 10 September 2019.