Climate, nature and health are interconnected

CLIMATE, NATURE AND HEALTH ARE INTERCONNECTED

by Elsabé Brits Penicillin, and so many other medicines, are a gift from nature. Alexander Fleming famously discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928 while working at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School. The antibiotic was produced by a mould in the genus Penicillium that accidentally started growing in a petri dish. However, it was only […]