Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) -- United States
Los Angeles County plans to require hospitals to begin reporting when patients are infected with a certain superbug so lethal that it can kill half its victims, health officials said Thursday [6 Oct 2016]. Unlike 2 dozen other states, California has not required hospitals to report when patients are sickened with the lethal bacteria, which federal officials warn is one of the nation's most urgent health threats. The hospitals will be advised of the new reporting requirement "in the next few
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