Where is flu, COVID surging? Here’s where people are filling prescriptions for Tamiflu, Paxlovid, and more

GoodRx reports on tracking prescription fills for flu and COVID-19 treatments, revealing seasonal trends and insurance ...
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Routine Antibiotics Appear to Hold No Benefit in Non-Severe COVID-19

A large U.S. cohort study found that antibiotics were not associated with improved outcomes for patients hospitalized with non-severe COVID-19. Further analyses, including a propensity-matched ...
Medical Xpress

Use of last-resort antibiotics increased during COVID-19 pandemic

A new study by researchers from City St George's, University of London and the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research, has found that prescriptions of last-resort antibiotics increased ...
EurekAlert!

Antibiotic treatment in patients hospitalized for nonsevere COVID-19

About The Study: In this large cohort study of patients hospitalized with nonsevere COVID-19, there was no clinically meaningful difference in outcomes with early antibiotic treatment. Given the risks ...

Telemedicine doesn't spur overprescription of antibiotics, finds study

Telemedicine does not lead to increased or lower-quality antibiotic prescribing by general practitioners (GPs), Monash ...

What’s Going Around: Flu, RSV, COVID, strep

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing flu, RSV and strep throat this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health ...