Almost 90 per cent of GPs claim they feel "pressured" into prescribing antibiotics, a survey has revealed.
The Longitude Prize survey also found 45 per cent of doctors handed out antibiotics several times a week even though they knew it would not treat the patient's condition.
Just six per cent of patients say they would push their GPs to prescribe them antibiotics, a survey by Poplus found.
This is despite 90 per cent of doctors claiming they feel "pressured" to hand out medication even if in half of cases they believe it will do no good.
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.