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Could This Treatment for COVID-19 Lead to Increased Antimicrobial Resistance?

  • August 28, 2020

  People who come down with COVID-19 are often given antibiotics to fight possible secondary bacterial infections, particularly if they’re hospitalized. The problem is research is showing that this increased use of antibiotics could be stressing community water treatment plants. And, once the water from the plants is released, it may lead to increased levels of those antibiotics in the environment, potentially posing a risk to fish and the food sources they depend on....