Dominic Hughes

Chorus members brought in lawyers. They said the San Carlo Opera House, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was a pillar of Italian and European culture. They called Ed Gardner's accusation unacceptable and unfounded. This afternoon a message reached Naples. I sincerely apologize. Mr Gardner said he was more than happy to retract the allegation that the choir were members of the Mafia.

Chorus members brought in lawyers. They said the San Carlo Opera House, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was a pillar of Italian and European culture. They called Ed Gardner's accusation unacceptable and unfounded. This afternoon a message reached Naples. I sincerely apologize. Mr Gardner said he was more than happy to retract the allegation that the choir were members of the Mafia.

Chorus members brought in lawyers. They said the San Carlo Opera House, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was a pillar of Italian and European culture. They called Ed Gardner's accusation unacceptable and unfounded. This afternoon a message reached Naples. I sincerely apologize. Mr Gardner said he was more than happy to retract the allegation that the choir were members of the Mafia.

He regretted anything suggesting otherwise, because he'd experienced firsthand the professionalism and excellence of the choir. It seems a truce has been declared between the British conductor and the Neapolitan singers.

He regretted anything suggesting otherwise, because he'd experienced firsthand the professionalism and excellence of the choir. It seems a truce has been declared between the British conductor and the Neapolitan singers.

He regretted anything suggesting otherwise, because he'd experienced firsthand the professionalism and excellence of the choir. It seems a truce has been declared between the British conductor and the Neapolitan singers.

They have saved countless lives and improved tens, maybe hundreds of millions more. Antimicrobial drugs have transformed the health of humanity. Some of the greatest advances in those drugs' development have been forged in wartime. But now those same wars threaten the progress that's been made.

They have saved countless lives and improved tens, maybe hundreds of millions more. Antimicrobial drugs have transformed the health of humanity. Some of the greatest advances in those drugs' development have been forged in wartime. But now those same wars threaten the progress that's been made.

A new dark age of drug resistance looms as antimicrobial drugs are prescribed in massive quantities on the battlefield and to civilian casualties. Today, the story of humanity's triumph over disease and how that is threatened by the wars we fight. With me today is Dominic Hughes, our global health correspondent. Hello, Johnny. How are you? It's just lovely to have you on the show.

A new dark age of drug resistance looms as antimicrobial drugs are prescribed in massive quantities on the battlefield and to civilian casualties. Today, the story of humanity's triumph over disease and how that is threatened by the wars we fight. With me today is Dominic Hughes, our global health correspondent. Hello, Johnny. How are you? It's just lovely to have you on the show.

Thank you very much indeed. We are talking, of course, about antimicrobial resistance. Can we start with where we were before we had drugs like these, where we were, I guess, for civilians, but also where we were in wartime?

Thank you very much indeed. We are talking, of course, about antimicrobial resistance. Can we start with where we were before we had drugs like these, where we were, I guess, for civilians, but also where we were in wartime?

OK, so then along come... antimicrobials. Now, I think a fair number of people will probably be thinking, hang on, antimicrobial antibiotics, are they one and the same thing?

OK, so then along come... antimicrobials. Now, I think a fair number of people will probably be thinking, hang on, antimicrobial antibiotics, are they one and the same thing?

So antibiotics are a subset of a broader group of antimicrobials. Exactly that, yeah. What about the discovery of antimicrobials and the people that made these, I guess, revolutionary discoveries?

So antibiotics are a subset of a broader group of antimicrobials. Exactly that, yeah. What about the discovery of antimicrobials and the people that made these, I guess, revolutionary discoveries?

Penicillin, which is probably what most people, if they think about antibiotics, they think about penicillin as the sort of great father of antibiotics. You said that happens between the First and the Second World War, presumably. It's the Second World War that means you have a massive take-up, in particular on the battlefield.

Penicillin, which is probably what most people, if they think about antibiotics, they think about penicillin as the sort of great father of antibiotics. You said that happens between the First and the Second World War, presumably. It's the Second World War that means you have a massive take-up, in particular on the battlefield.

How much have we relied on antimicrobials since then?

How much have we relied on antimicrobials since then?