Tagged: human medicine

 

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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COVID-19: Are My Pets Susceptible?

April 3, 2020

Can your furry friends transmit COVID-19? Not likely, but it’s best to practice healthy habits when it comes to people, pets and illness.


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What antibiotics are used for farm animals?

August 14, 2017

Some antibiotics are approved for use in animals, others in people, and still others in both animals and people (also called shared class antibiotics), but the majority of antibiotics used in animals are non-critical to human medicine.


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