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'Nightmare Bacteria' Spread In Southeast

Laura Ungar | USA Today | July 31, 2014

Superbugs known as CRE — called "nightmare bacteria" by federal health officials because they are deadly and virtually untreatable — are skyrocketing in the Southeastern USA, new research shows...

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Antidepressant Use Linked To Superbug Infections

Robin Wulffson | Examiner.com | May 7, 2013

...All medicines have both benefits and risks and antidepressants are no exception. According to a new study, people who take certain antidepressants are at increased risk for superbug infections...

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How Mandated Reporting Set Infection Rates On The Decline

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | December 17, 2013

Six years after the New York Department of Health started publishing hospital-acquired infection data as part of a public transparency agenda, the rates of most infections are trending downward. Read More »