Overprescribing antibiotics to children can do them more harm than good

British researchers have shown that administering more than two doses of antibiotics to children a year increases resistance to treatments for respiratory infections by 30%. According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance has become “one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development today.” And a new study conducted by researchers […]

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