There has been a sharp rise in cases of the superbug MRSA being contracted outside hospitals across the UK. Britons have been urged to avoid sharing items such as towels or razors, particularly in ...

The Pitt may have added a bit more levity this week with the return of the emergency room betting pool and a patient whose problems were solved by simply cutting off her eyelashes, but there were ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: What is MRSA? What makes it so dangerous? Dear Reader: We have a brain, and bacteria don’t. So you’d think bacteria wouldn’t be able to outsmart us. But they sure can figure out ways to ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

Dear Reader: We have a brain, and bacteria don’t. So you’d think bacteria wouldn’t be able to outsmart us. But they sure can figure out ways to become resistant to the antibiotics we use to kill them.

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EAST RUTHERFORD -- Giants tight end Daniel Fells remains hospitalized Tuesday with an infection in his foot that has been diagnosed as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, multiple ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When she first described it in 1961, Patricia Jevons, a British bacteriologist, may have had a hard time imagining that the tiny bug she was staring at would soon become a ...

Coopersville Area Public Schools Superintendent Kevin O'Neill said it was just a precaution last week but all four of the district's buildings were scrubbed from top to bottom for ...