Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,21 Feb 2020,53 mins

Artificial intelligence develops new antibiotic

Newsday

Available for over a year

Scientists in the United States have used artificial intelligence to discover a powerful new type of antibiotic that kills some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. Campaigners call on China to apply a permanent ban on the wildlife trade following the coronavirus outbreak in the city of Wuhan. And we try to find out how Kenya has made great strides in combating HIV.

Programme Website
More episodes