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antibiotic

noun as in medicine

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Greer stressed the U.S. wasn’t looking to decouple with China but rather better balance trade and reduce U.S. dependence on the country for critical things—ranging from antibiotics to critical minerals.

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"If you see spots at the back of your throat, that's definitely a sign that you've got strep throat and you might need some antibiotics," she adds.

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“This makes these ‘superbug’ bacteria very hard to treat because they’re resistant to some of the strongest antibiotics we have,” Gohil said.

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So, Gomez sent them home with an antibiotic and an appetite stimulant.

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“I would take antibiotics, I would take ibuprofen, thinking it’s this, thinking it’s that, not even entertaining the fact that it could be cancer or even leukemia.”

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