BOSTON HERALD: U.S. fiddles while superbug spreads

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*This article was originally published on BostonHerald.com.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

Ronald Hale went to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Canada last month with a lung problem, but instead of being helped, he was killed by the superbug carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae. The germ, which had been brought into the hospital by a female patient initially treated outside Canada, put him into septic shock and caused organ failure. He died hours later. And as health officials vowed to stop CRE from gaining a foothold, Hale’s death made headlines.

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