Superbugs – the next big human health threat?

As more Australians get vaccinated against Covid-19, pharmaceutical companies and researchers are already turning their focus towards what many believe will be the next big public health crisis – superbugs, or antimicrobial resistance. Described by the CSIRO as ‘the biggest human health threat, bar none’, a recent discovery by a team of Australian researchers has brought hope to the fight against superbugs. Science writer Donna Lu talks to Laura Murphy-Oates about superbugs and the risk they pose to human health