CDC warns of 'nightmare bacteria'
Updated: Thursday, March 7 2013, 08:51 AM EST
(NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for urgent action to stop the spread of drug-resistant bacteria in hospitals across the country.
The group of bacteria, called CRE, kills up to half the patients who get it in their bloodstreams.
Marlie Hall reports from New York.
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