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Hospitals to screen for risky bacteria
August 2007

Boardman boy wins battle against super bug
August 2007

Should The Government Require Hospitals To Disclose Infection Rates?
August 2007

Texas Mom Develops New Kid-Safe, Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizer
August 2007

New Medicare Regulations Adopted to Reduce Certain Hospital Infections and Medical Errors
August 2007

Hundreds attend hearing on large-scale farm ordinances
This article would be funny if it wasn't so scary. People who should know better making misleading statements. MRSA/ORSA is not caused by using Methicillin so stating "it isn't being used" makes something safe is irresponsible.
"I want to talk about bacteria," Mueller said. "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), it's real and it will kill you and you should be nervous about it, and it doesn't come from pigs. We don't use methicillin on pigs anywhere. So, if you are worried about that, study the science. Manure goes into a pit. There is no oxygen there. Staphylococcus doesn't live there. In fact, almost nothing lives there but anaerobes."
August 2007

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