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Infectious diseases experts applaud bill against 'bad bugs'

With methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, and other 'bad bugs' routinely making headlines, infectious diseases physicians are applauding Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) for introducing in the Senate the Strategies To Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act. The STAAR Act was introduced in the House of Representatives in September by Reps. Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ).

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