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Superbug spreading in schools around the country
More reports are coming in from schools around the country about cases of antibiotic-resistant staph infections.
School officials at one North Carolina high school say at least six football players have the strain of the bug known as MRSA. And in West Virginia, at least seven students at three different schools have been diagnosed with it.
That's been prompting schools to scrub down facilities, particularly locker rooms, gyms and sports equipment.
A government study out this week says more than 90,000 Americans could get the "superbug" each year. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Julie Gerberding, says the infection rate hasn't been measured before, so it's hard to make comparisons. But she says "the number is too high" and needs to be driven down.
Speaking on NBC's "Today" show, Gerberding says while the MRSA bacteria are more difficult to treat, there are drugs that work if the infection is recognized in time.
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