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In a move sure to stir controversy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on Monday that a more aggressive approach to treating high cholesterol in children should be implemented, even if it means prescribing …

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Drug-Resistant ‘Superbug’ Infections Rising Alarmingly in US Children; Ears, Neck, Head Especially Vulnerable
January 20, 2009 – 7:27 am | No Comment

Research scientists from Emory University issued a report on Monday, January 19, that the number of children in the United States becoming infected with the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the so-called drug-resistant ‘superbug,’ is rising …

Superbugs No Problem for Gator Blood
April 8, 2008 – 12:59 pm | 2 Comments

They aren’t pretty but they are pretty scary. If the predictions of some Louisiana scientists come true, however, people in general may develop a whole new attitude when it comes to those ferocious-looking alligators so …

WA Student Dies From MRSA
February 23, 2008 – 12:06 pm | 21 Comments

Chris Feden, a 20-year-old student from Tenino, Washington, has died from complications of pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus commonly referred to as MRSA.

Wise Ecology May Reduce Spread of Infectious Disease
February 20, 2008 – 6:41 pm | 2 Comments

For the first time ever, an international team of researchers has mapped out the areas around the world where infectious diseases, passed from animals to humans, have originated. Using data that dates back to …