Get the latest tech news

Americans Are Lying to Their Doctors to Get Antibiotics—and That’s Great News for Superbugs


Inappropriate antibiotic use is helping create superbugs, which now kill 50,000 Americans a year.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Gizmodo

Read more on:

Photo of Americans

Americans

Photo of doctors

doctors

Photo of antibiotics

antibiotics

Related news:

News photo

While Americans turn against data centers, Brazil offers tax breaks and cheap power, representing a potential ‘release valve’ for U.S. constraints

News photo

Americans Reject Use of AI for Medical and Coverage Decisions

News photo

A Farmer Went in for Cataract Surgery. Doctors Found 11 Worms Wriggling in His Eyes