Will Antibiotics-Resistant Superbugs Kill us All?

The answer to that is most likely no, however drug-resistant bacteria are rapidly becoming one of the 21st century’s greatest threats to public health. ~20 000 people die from complication due to drug-resistant bacteria each year in the US alone, and this number is only going to rise with the evolution of new and more virulent strains of bacteria. But how do these bugs go about developing this resistance to the drugs we throw at them? 

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