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A shortage of antibiotics used to treat common childhood illnesses is spreading across the United States during flu season.
Drugs that are used to treat the flu, a sore throat and a sinus infection have been impacted, including Tamiflu, amoxicillin and Augmentin.
Experts attribute the current shortage to increased demand as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and flu cases surge.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that there “high” or “very high” respiratory virus activity in more than half of U.S. states.
Medical professionals are referring to the flu, RSV and COVID-19 as a “tripledemic.”
“What we are seeing is record levels of RSV in young children . Usually, we see a spike in December or January, but it’s earlier this year,”
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