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Superbugs: A ticking time bomb
January 27, 2013
January 27, 2013
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(CBS News) Can anything stop the SUPERBUGS that are making people sick and seem to defy the tools of medical science? Researchers are working on the problem, but to no avail so far. That's the subject of our Cover Story, reported by Serena Altschul:
Two-month-old Harrison Karlan has been in and out of intensive care all of his short life. Born in renal failure, he came here to get life-sustaining treatment. But instead his surroundings may contain a deadly threat.
They're called "superbugs," and infectious disease specialist Dr. Robert Moellering at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been studying
Two-month-old Harrison Karlan has been in and out of intensive care all of his short life. Born in renal failure, he came here to get life-sustaining treatment. But instead his surroundings may contain a deadly threat.
They're called "superbugs," and infectious disease specialist Dr. Robert Moellering at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been studying
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