B.C. universities work together to reveal how superbugs spread in hospitals

Researchers at UFV and SFU are teaming up to try and revolutionize the way that scientists and health-care professionals tackle the problem of superbugs.
These superbugs are strains of bacteria or other microbes that have become resistant to most medicines, making them incredibly hard to treat.
A recent study published in The Lancet revealed that this is an increasing problem, with superbugs projected to kill more than 39 million people between 2025 and 2050.
That’s why B.C. researchers ha