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Connections: The Over-Prescribing Of Antibiotics

The CDC has a new report out that says doctors are over-prescribing antibiotics. This is leading to unnecessary infections, along with a growing list of microbes that are resistant to antibiotic treatment. So what should doctors and patients do? We sat down with Dr. Ghinwa Dumyati and Dr. Paul Braman, infectious disease specialists from the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Dumyati helped write the CDC report.  

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.