can then be passed from pets back to humansment one expert says animal bites are the likely cause of mrsa infections. even if the dog is healthy, biting someone who has the bacteria on their skin can lead to a mrsa infection. that is your health watch. >>> thank you. still to come on the morning edition -- >> i'm live downtown. the path for a vaccine to prevent swine flu passes through baltimore. i'll have the story live coming up. >>> good morning. the juvenile justice center in downtown baltimore, and there is some outrage from parents after their young boys were brought here after being caught stealing a bike. coming up, the discussion about what should have been done and the commissioner's response. >>> two of the biggest soccer teams in the world are matching up right here friday. >>> a major economic boost is expected to come along with the thousands of game goers. that story is next on eyewitness news. >> and on the area roadways, we remain delay free, but we do have a few accidents to tell you ant. we'll tell you where. let's send it over to tim. >> and the first warning center ke

and as you mentioned, a tranny, which is common as dirt, it's involved in tran mrsa. that's what focus is here. we have many kinds of anna meiotic which are used for human beings. >> and thank the general and for his testimony. i would yield. >> we thank you very much. welcome. we are delighted to have you here today and we look forward to working with you. thank you. >> thank you. >> next is doctor margaret mellon. phd, site interactor of food environment program of the union of concerned scientists. doctor lance b. price, phd, director, center for managing knowledge and human health and associate health investigator, division, the translatitranslation on jnana research institute. we will need another chair if you can pull one up. and doctor robert martin senior officer of human environment grew. come forward, please. >> we welcome all of you here today. it's quite an honor to have you all here. why don't we begin with you, doctor mellon? >> thank you. my name is margaret -- >> would you pull the mike a little closer so you can be heard in the back. >> my name is mar

the called mrsa. now the mrsa infection rate is growing by leaps and bounds. in fact, there's 100,000 cases of mrsa a year. 2/3 of those people that get that infection get it in the hospital setting. now, of the 100,000 people that will get a mrsa infection, 19,000 of them will die because of that infection. now, that's a stunning figure. if there was a 747 that crashed in the united states every week, that's the equivalent of 19,000 deaths. and if there was a 747 that crashed every week in america, we wouldn't tolerate it. we'd call on the f.a.a., we'd call on the airlines, we would stop it. but we've done very little to stop the spread of mrsa in hospital settings. now, this health care reform bill takes an important step, not a full step, doesn't go all the way, but it does now require that hospitals will have to report their hospital-acquired infections. what we need to do furthermore is put the protocols in place so we can stop these infections from occurring and we can stop the deaths as well. now, the last thing i want to talk about is something that no

we are talking about mrsa. they found skin infections among poultry workers. the concern it could spread from raw meat to your hands especially if you have a cut. health experts are reminding you to wash your hands thoroughly. >>> an update on a proposed smoking ban in the military. the pentagon says not right now. the veterans affairs department had called for the ban but the defense secretary robert gates says he doesn't want to add to the stress level of troops fighting in iraq and afghanistan. >>> right now it is time to say good morning to kristin fisher. she is in the web center to tell us what people are talking about. >>> good morning. imagine this. you are 15 years old an doing a two-week summer internship at morgan stanley in new york and your boss asks you to write a report on how consumer -- teenagers view the media. which what if they published it on-line? that's what happened to matthew. and his report has become a big hit on the web and the talk of the financial world. look at the headline on forbes.com. they are calling him wall st reet's king

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you can die from merced in 24 hours. -- from mrsa in 24 hours.d not happen in my high school. any other questions of these witnesses? >> thank you for beilg here, both of you. i appreciate you both being strong advocates for your positions because i think that both of you have very valid positions. i am here because i think about the children. i have grandkids, 2 and 5 years old. what is so important to them is what i think about. but i will also tell you, mr. boswell, that i am the daughter of a farmer and i know the hard work it takes to produce the food that many of us take for granted. the courts i have grandchildren, too, and i'm just as concerned for my and as you are for yours. >> i know that and i understand how hard farmers work in order to bring this healthy food that we need. how you see this legislation for helping improve children's lives in this country? >> i have four grandchildren myself, and i know that we all care about our grandchildren, but i think that the nightmare scenario is that something that, perhaps, when we were youn

mrsa can kill somebody in 24 hours. staph didn't kill anybody back my day.questions to any of these witnesses? miss matsui. >> thank you for being here. you know, i appreciate both of you being strong advocates for your positions because i think both of you have very valid positions. you know, i'm here because i think about the children. i mean, that's really what i -- i have grandkids. 2 and 5 years old. you know, i may not have thought about it so much but now i see these little kids and what is so important to them? but i also tell you, mr. boswell, that i'm a daughter of a farmer. i know the hard work it takes to produce the food that many of us take for granted. >> and i have grandchildren, too, and i'm just as concerned for mine as you are. >> i know you are. and i know that -- and i understand how hard farmers work in order to bring us the healthy food that we need. and, you know, ms. schakowsky, how do you see this legislation for helping improve children's lives in this country? >> well, you know, when -- i have four grandchildren myself, and i know

>> mrsa in that she is up for ethical violations. what they did is exactly right.is is an opinion. these are rumors. maybe she is doing this because she might be subject to wrongdoing, or because there weren't ethical charges. when someone reads blog, for instance -- reads blgo, they know that -- blog, they know that it is an opinion. readers know that is not true. there is no defamation. if they bring the case, they will be subject to a motion to dismiss and might be subject to rule 11, sanctions for frivolous claims. megyn: david, let me ask you, why is mercedes right? nobody has heard of shannon, does america really read her blog about rumors of sarah palin? to the extent that other news outlets linked to the blog, is that really how people are getting their news? taking it as a fax? corpas do people know that this is b.s.? >> these larger media outlets that linked to this web site, they are lending credibility to it. it is far more than just the opinion. this suggests, through a factual scenario, that there is a criminal investigation going on. this blogger has

of what has happened with staphylococcus aureus which is now become mrsa. no day that in a byronic diseases are becoming health minister many high priority response. despite increased tension to the issue response has been inadequate. part of the problem is been the fda failure to properly address to the effect of the misuse of the antibiotics and efficacy of human use. and although the fda can withdraw its approval for these antibiotics, is record of what reviewing currently approved drugs in the current procedures in the case would take nearly a century to get these medical imports antibiotics out of the seated into human -- and in october 2000 for example, the fda began consideration of a proposal to withdraw its approval for therapeutic use of antibiotics and poultry. and there a few an eventual withdrawal of approval to provide the five years to complete on its current regulation of the fda must review each class of antibiotics separately. the legislation we are here to discuss today we face of the use just of the seven classis of a medically significa

were, they had months and actually a case of a couple of years where no centralized infections, no mrsa no other things, because they aggressively went after this. and when the public is awarend i see signs, wash your hands. i have see those dispensed everywhere. my point is health care needs to focus on that. and they cannot have a separation where the insurance says, -- you notice i talk fast to my colleagues. i am the only guy north of the mason dixon line so i do it that way. >> do you want to ask the final question? >> it's for dr. price. i know you've been a very staunch champion of the concept any health reform that comes about that the patient must be put back in control of their own health care. will you ewill be rate on that? >> we all talk about a patient-centered system and i think that's what we need to focus on. peter actually talked about it and dr. giordano we need to put the patient first. the only way i know is to put the patient in control. otherwise the patient ends up secondary to somebody. whether it's the physician, whether it's the insurance company, whether it's