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Too many antibiotics prescribed in urgent care


 

Antibiotic prescription rates were at least twice as high in urgent care and retail clinics than at emergency departments and medical offices. Also today, overdoses from a fentanyl analog nearly doubled, a device impresses for chronic cluster headaches, and the immunogenicity of two-dose Gardasil 9 persists at 36 months, Listen to the MDedge Daily News for today’s top news.

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