Gov. Tim Kaine created a new state regulation Wednesday requiring laboratories to alert the state when a patient tests positive for a drug-resistant strain of staph infection.
The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has raised concerns across the region following the death of a high school senior in rural Bedford County last week.
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