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News Articles: Antibiotics

woman wearing goggles and gloves in a science lab

The only American maker of generic antibiotics wants the government to buy local

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently lists amoxicillin in its database of drugs experiencing a shortage.

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A 7-month-old child with diarrhea lies in a bed at a hospital in India. Oral rehydration salts are a cheap and effective treatment but are underused. A new study aims to find out why.

There's a cheap and effective way to treat childhood diarrhea. So why is it underused?

A new study seeks to find the reasons that health-care personnel avoid the easy treatment for this potentially life-threatening condition.

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  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Microscope images of urinary tract cells from mice that were not given a UTI (naive) and those that were susceptible to recurrent UTIs (sensitized). Cells are outlined in green and the DNA in each cell glows blue. The cells susceptible to recurrent UTIs are smaller.

Why do some people get UTIs over and over? A new report holds clues

A new study looks at how urinary tract infections can affect DNA. And down the road that could lead to new treatments for the millions who get UTIs.

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  • Max Barnhart
Some Amoxicillin products are hard to find on pharmacy shelves as a nationwide shortage continues.

Strep is bad right now — and an antibiotic shortage is making it worse

Strep throat is more prevalent this year, and amoxicillin manufacturers didn't make enough of the antibiotic to go around.

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  • Sydney Lupkin
An illustration of Shigella bacteria.

What is Shigella, the increasingly drug-resistant bacteria the CDC is warning about?

Shigella causes shigellosis, an inflammatory diarrhea. The extensively drug-resistant strain is relatively uncommon overall, but it's being seen in more cases among adults.

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  • Kaitlyn Radde
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic antibiotics were frequently prescribed to seriously ill patients, even though the disease is caused by a virus.

Antibiotic Use Ran High In Early Days Of COVID-19, Despite Viral Cause

Many doctors have used antibiotics to treat COVID-19 patients, but that's largely unnecessary — and could even promote drug-resistant germs.

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  • Richard Harris

Author Maryn McKenna: Big Chicken

Chicken is the most popular meat in America. And Georgia is the top chicken producer in the nation. Joining us is author, Maryn McKenna. Her book “ Big...

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