Oh, I hate being ill. Fortunately, antibiotics and vaccines can help keep us healthy. Antibiotics help when you have a bacterial infection like pneumonia. Some antibiotics break down the external ...

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Antibiotics start taking effect immediately, but you may not feel symptom relief for a few days. Antibiotics treat bacterial infections by either destroying cell walls or preventing reproduction.

Across the world, there are reports of shortages of common antibiotics. Ben Hargreaves examines why these shortages are happening and what is being done in the background to return supply to normal.