How Washington hospitals unleashed a MRSA epidemic

November 19th, 2008 in Medicine & Health / Diseases

Year after year, the number of victims climbed. But even as casualties mounted - as the germ grew stronger and spread inside hospitals - the toll remained hidden from the public, and hospitals ignored simple steps to control the threat.



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