Category: Responsible antibiotic use

 

Antibiotic Overuse: Why You Should Care

December 18, 2020

One of my daughters recently became ill: body aches, sore throat, stuffy nose, fatigue. You know what both of us were thinking. Is this COVID-19? As a parent, it’s always concerning when one of our children gets sick, but especially now as COVID-19 cases surge. Thankfully, the test for COVID-19 was negative but she did…


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World Antibiotics Awareness Week

November 18, 2019

Today marks the beginning of World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW), which aims to increase global awareness of antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.  I know that antibiotic resistance and antibiotic stewardship are topics that come with a lot of…


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Is It Responsible to Use Antibiotics for Prevention?

May 31, 2019

Is it responsible to use antibiotics to prevent disease? It’s a fair question that I’ve been asked several times. I’ll ask a question in response: is it responsible to allow an animal to suffer if you know you could prevent that suffering? It comes down to ethics, as I explain in a new video and my latest blog.


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