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Antibiotic resistance still poses substantial risk despite fall in antibiotic use, report finds

Antibiotic resistance still poses substantial risk despite fall in antibiotic use, report finds

May 9th 2019 Campaigns pushing for Australians to stop taking antibiotics unnecessarily are beginning to cut through, as new data reveals the nation’s antibiotic use has fallen for the first time in two decades. The same research found antibiotics are still being over prescribed and misused, causing several dangerous bacteria to grow increasingly resistant to ... Read More