'A silent pandemic': How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a time
This is the fifth and final story in a series about antibiotic use in Japan and the U.S. I've explored how a Japanese program reduces antibiotic misuse while also unpacking the factors that drive that misuse in the first place. Now, I'll examine whether the context in the U.S. is similar enough to Japan that lessons from one country can carry over to the other.
When penicillin was first introduced to the public, it earned the nickname "the wonder drug" because it cured infections that had once been deadly. It ushered in the golden era of antibiotics, during which the bacteria-killing drugs entered widespread use, driving down rates of severe disease and death from infections.
Unfortunately, the swee...
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