A new study shows that many years of efforts to get pediatricians to prescribe less antibiotics has generally not been very successful. They still prescribe antibiotics for viral infections for which they are useless 23% of the time, and over 50% of the time they prescribe broad spectrum antibiotics which make it much easier for bacteria to develop resistance! Currently thousands of people die every year from antibiotic resistant infections and this will increase dramatically if this over-prescription continues.

Superbugs Will March Unless Antibiotic Behavior Changes: View