Photo: Getty Images Doctors are overprescribing antibiotics to Black patients 65 and older at an alarming rate, a new study found. University of Texas Health Science researchers concluded that 64 percent of the antibiotics prescribed to Black patients were unnecessary and inappropriate — that number jumps to 74 percent for senior patients 65 and up. … Continued
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