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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Deadly Staph Infection 'Superbug' Has a Dangerous Foothold in U.S. Jails - AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/69576/?page=entire

Deadly Staph Infection 'Superbug' Has a Dangerous Foothold in U.S. Jails

By Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. Posted December 4, 2007.
With 19,000 deaths attributed to staph infections annually, there's cause for serious alarm. So why aren't we talking about our nightmarish prison system, the biggest incubator of them all?

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