Antibiotic Use Rises in Luxembourg Since 2021
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People in Luxembourg are taking more antibiotics. This is true since 2021. Antibiotics are medicine. Doctors give them for some sicknesses.
Luxembourg now uses more antibiotics than other countries near it. These are its neighbours in Europe. Experts are looking at this news.
Too many antibiotics can be a problem. Germs can become strong and not die from the medicine. This is called resistance.
Doctors and health workers want people to use antibiotics the right way. They say: only take them when you really need them.
Vocabulary15 words
- antibiotics
- medicine that fights some kinds of sickness
- neighbours
- countries or people near you
- resistance
- when germs stop dying from medicine
- consumption
- how much of something people use
- health
- being well in your body
- medicine
- something you take to feel better
- doctors
- people who help sick people
- Europe
- a big area with many countries
- country
- a place with its own government
- germs
- very small things that can make you sick
- sickness
- when you are not well
- problem
- something that is not good
- experts
- people who know a lot about something
- rise
- to go up
- since
- from a time until now
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1. It has gone up since 2021 2. It uses more antibiotics 3. True
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People in Luxembourg are taking more _____. This is true since 2021. Antibiotics are medicine. Doctors give them for some _____.
Luxembourg now uses more antibiotics than other countries near it. These are its _____ in Europe. Experts are looking at this news.
Too many antibiotics can be a _____. Germs can become strong and not die from the medicine. This is called _____.
Doctors and health workers want people to use antibiotics the right way. They say: only take them when you really _____ them.
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