antibiotics

Researchers suggest that a cheap antibiotic, known as doxycycline, could help slow down the increasing rate of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is creating recommendations to use doxycycline, a drug...

In the village of Variko in Florina, a 5-year-old girl has died following being prescribed an antibiotic by a private doctor to combat a fever. The little girl reportedly had an allergic reaction to the prescribed antibiotic on Tuesday evening,...

Antibiotics in Greece will only be given by doctor's prescription from now on, in order to stop reckless use, announced General Secretary of Public Health Yiannis Baskozos. According to an Athens Macedonian News Agency report, Baskozos said the new measure...

Greeks topped the list for prescription and consumption of antibiotics in an annual Health report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published on Friday. According to the data, more than 35 prescriptions per 1,000 people are recorded...

  On the occasion of European Antibiotics Awareness Day on November 18, the Greek Research Company and Primary School Education Health Care are urging citizens to refrain from using antibiotics without a medical prescription. According to medical experts, over-the-counter drugs...

According to recent data by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Greece comes first in antibiotics consumption in the European Union. Kathimerini newspaper, citing data published by the British Telegraph, says that Greeks consume about 35.1 million doses...

As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, the excessive use of antibiotics and the consequent developement of super-viruses in Greece threatens public health in Australia. The article deals with the risk posed to health by the excessive use of antibiotics,...