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Matt Dawson’s Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
Former rugby star Matt Dawson is turning his life-saving experience with his son’s bacterial meningitis into a powerful mission to combat antibiotic resistance. After seeing antibiotics save his son’s life, he’s now warning that misuse threatens their future effectiveness—and teamed up with the Fleming Initiative on the “Keep Antibiotics in Play” campaign. Only 21% of people know antibiotics only work on bacteria, not viruses, a dangerous gap in understanding that puts critical treatments for surgeries, cancer, and childbirth at risk. With athletes Rebecca Adlington and Alice Tai, Dawson is…
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