NOVA · SEASON 13
When Wonder Drugs Don't Work
Episode 10 · 1986-03-25

- Documentary
Episode overview
NOVA examines the medical community's alarm as the spread of antibiotic-resistant infection increases, and studies how one hospital fights its own dramatic epidemic.
55 minutes
Season 13 episodes
1. Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime1986-01-21
2. Goddess of the Earth1986-01-28
3. Horsemen of China1986-02-04
4. Life's First Feelings1986-02-11
5. The Case of the Frozen Addict1986-02-18
6. Toxic Trials1986-02-25
7. Skydive to the Rain Forest1986-03-04
8. Return of the Osprey1986-03-11
9. The Rise of a Wonder Drug1986-03-18
10. When Wonder Drugs Don't Work1986-03-25
11. Visions of Star Wars1986-04-22
12. The Search for the Disappeared1986-10-14
13. The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side1986-10-21
14. High-Tech Babies1986-11-04
15. Can AIDS Be Stopped?1986-11-11
16. Is Anybody Out There?1986-11-18
17. Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders1986-11-25
18. Are You Swimming in a Sewer?1986-12-02
19. Sail Wars!1986-12-09
20. Leprosy Can Be Cured!1986-12-16
21. How Babies Get Made1987-01-13