Antibiotic resistance is 鈥渙ne of the biggest public health challenges of our time,鈥� according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year in the U.S., at least 2.8 million people get an antibiotic-resistant infection, and more than 35,000 people die.
A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Network Open suggests doctors prescribing those antibiotics may be partly to blame.
Today on Wellness Wednesday on All Sides with Ann Fisher: the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant 鈥渟uperbugs鈥� in hospitals.
Guests
- Dr. Debra Goff, infectious disease specialist pharmacist and founding member of the at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and professor of pharmacy practice in the
- Kevin Munro, Ewing Professor of Audiology, the
- Dr. Kevin Hall, senior investigator at the (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD
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