CDC study: Patients receive high amount of antibiotics while in hospital.

Bloomberg News (10/8, Cortez) reports a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown that “half of people hospitalized in the U.S. get antibiotics to fight off infections each day, with some receiving four or more medications.” The study is aimed at documenting how often antibiotics are given in hospitals as the CDC works to “reduce the 2 million infections and 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S. tied to drug-resistant bacteria.”

        HealthDay (10/8, Haelle) reports the antibiotics given to US hospital patients “are commonly the ones more likely to promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.”