Anu Bhalla, mom, Pawan Bhalla dad, and baby Naksh Bhalla. The baby is the surviving one of two twins born prematurely. He successfully fought off a drug-resistant infection.

Anu Bhalla, mom, Pawan Bhalla dad, and baby Naksh Bhalla. The baby is the surviving one of two twins born prematurely. He successfully fought off a drug-resistant infection.

CONTAGION: Drug resistance takes devastating human toll

About 60,000 infants in India die annually from sepsis caused by antimicrobial-resistant infections

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