North Texas pediatricians struggle to find antibiotics

• The FDA drug shortages list shows a shortage of amoxicillin due to increased demand.

Why it matters: It's the worst flu season in more than a decade and many of the illnesses going around are spurring other medical problems, such as childhood ear infections.

• Pediatricians are already stretched responding to the tripledemic and have now added the hunt for antibiotics to their workload.

What they're saying: "A lot of our bandwidth in the last couple of months has been about calling around to different pharmacies to try to source these important medications for our patients," North Texas pediatrician Jason Terk said on a recent episode of Axios Today.

Threat level: Doctors have had to turn to other antibiotics that are not typically used for straightforward conditions like ear infections; that use increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, Terk said.

Editor's note: This piece was updated to correct Jason Terk's title and better explain antibiotic resistance risk.