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Your Kid Probably Doesn't Need Antibiotics

How to help everyone prevent the looming "antibiotic apocalypse"

We're looking for a new pediatrician, and, over coffee with friends, recommendations started flying. When it came out that our 14-year-old son had never taken antibiotics, the conversation stopped on a dime.

"What about for ear infections?" one said.

"Hasn't he ever had strep?" said another.

"Never?" said the third.

Read our full article at The Atlantic.

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Tim Lahey and tagged health antibiotics.

Tim Lahey, MD MMScAn HIV doc and clinical ethicist, I write about medicine, ethics, and HIV here and in The Atlantic, Scientific American, TheBody.com, Health Affairs blog, The Conversation and The New York Times. — **Tim Lahey, MD MMSc**

An HIV doc and clinical ethicist, I write about medicine, ethics, and HIV here and in *The Atlantic*, *Scientific American*, *TheBody.com*, *Health Affairs* blog, *The Conversation* and *The New York Times*.