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 at an alarming rate.  Of…

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 abundant in Louisiana’s marshlands.

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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.

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 the early 1940s, the study concludes…

California’s state public health director, Dr. Mark Horton, announced Thursday that hospitals in the state must now report to county health officials certain incidences of infection from the methicilln-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium when the staph infection requires confinement to…

Med Headlines - A new study from the University of Florida (UF) reports the spread of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections is reaching epidemic proportions in some healthcare centers and in some communities in general.  The potentially lethal drug-resistant strain of…