Antibiotic Use Rises Worldwide, Study Shows
NPR: Last-Resort Antibiotics In Jeopardy As Use Rises Globally
“The total doses of antibiotics sold in clinics and pharmacies around the world rose 36 percent from 2000 to 2010, scientists reported Wednesday. The finding, published in The Lancet Infectious Disease, comes from the first study to look at global antibiotic consumption in the 21st century…” (Doucleff, 7/9).
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