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On the recordSeptember 18, 2014
In 2006, in my State of New Jersey, a 17-year-old honor student named Rebecca Lohsen went to the hospital and within days died from a resistant strain of MRSA.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone highlights the personal impact of antibiotic resistance through a tragic story.

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