Antibiotics

 

Antibiotics revolutionized medicine in the 20th century.  Together with vaccination, antibiotics have led to the near eradication of diseases such as  tuberculosis in the developed world. However, their effectiveness and easy access have also led to their  overuse,  prompting bacteria to develop resistance.  This has led to widespread problems, so much as to prompt the World Health Organization to classify antimicrobial resistance as a "serious t ...