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That nasty staph germ known as M-R-S-A or MRSA is in the spotlight again.

Public alarms sounded nationally after three children died from MRSA infections last month - including a 4-year-old from New Hampshire.

She may have picked up the bug at school.

Those stories typically make headlines.

But what rarely makes news is that far more people---tens of thousands---pick up MRSA infections at healthcare facilities

In New Hampshire - a law passed last year requiring hospitals to report infections publicly.

But that law wasn't funded - and it doesn't require reporting MRSA infections.

NHPR's Dianne Finch has more.

The Exchange takes a break today to bring you this special series. This fall, the Third Coast Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour program called the "2007 Third Coast Festival Broadcast". The featured documentaries, all winners of the seventh annual TCF/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, represent radio at its finest: moving, insightful, surprising and sometimes even life changing. Alongside the winning documentaries, the broadcast includes a profile of the year's Audio Luminary Award winner, behind-the-scenes producer interviews and highlights from the Awards Ceremony emceed by Peter Sagal.

The 2007 Third Coast Festival Broadcast will be hosted by Gwen Macsai, host of Re:sound, the Third Coast Festival’s weekly documentary program on Chicago Public Radio. An award-winning writer, producer and humorist, Macsai's radio work has aired on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition Saturday and This American Life.