Black children less likely to get antibiotics: study

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Black children who saw doctors in Pennsylvania and New Jersey were less likely to be prescribed antibiotics for respiratory infections than their non-black peers, according to a new study. Researchers, who looked at the health records of more than 200,000 children, found black kids were about 25 percent less likely to receive an antibiotic, compared to a predominantly white group of children. “We thought that there would be variability, but were not sure that it would vary by patient race,” Dr. …