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Responding to the Superbug Crisis

Responding to the Superbug Crisis
MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria strain in a petri dish containing agar jelly. MRSA is a drug-resistant “superbug,” which can cause deadly infections. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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Hospital rooms, operating rooms, and medical equipment are so inadequately cleaned that any patient going into a hospital is at risk of getting a deadly superbug. That’s true even if you’re going for the happiest reason of all: to give birth.

Betsy McCaughey
Betsy McCaughey
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Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., is a political commentator, constitutional expert, syndicated columnist, and author of several books, including “The Obama Health Law: What It Says and How to Overturn It” and “The Next Pandemic.” She is also a former lieutenant governor of New York.
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