Flood of MRSA claims 'brewing'
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MRSA compensation claims may become more prevalent as lawyers turn to workplace safety laws to pursue hospitals.
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Isolating patients with the hospital superbug MRSA does not stop cross-infection of others, a study reveals.
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Health experts are investigating a surge in the number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales.
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A WOMAN who claims she was struck down with the deadly superbug MRSA while in hospital launched a landmark legal battle yesterday to win Â£30,000 compensation.
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One in 20 patients in Northern Ireland catches an infection while in hospital, according to a new survey.
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New drug-resistant staph infections have been reported this week in public schools in Montgomery County and in two charter schools in the District, bringing the total number of cases among students and educators in the region to at least 55.
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Two hospitals recall 30 fracture patients, who had a new form of treatment, over fears of possible infection.
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Hospitals across the Washington region are mounting increasingly aggressive defenses against a virulent bacterium resistant to antibiotics that turns seemingly minor skin abrasions, cuts and sores into serious, even life-threatening, infections.
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A WOMAN who claims she was struck down with the deadly superbug MRSA while in hospital launched a landmark legal battle yesterday to win 30,000 compensation.
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In three years time, blood stream infections with the hospital superbug MRSA will have halved, the government will say.
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A spate of recent deaths has stirred fears of a broader outbreak among people and raised the possibility of a human pandemic.
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Urgent action is needed to deal with the rise in TB cases after rates in some parts of the UK doubled, doctors say.
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RALEIGH, NC -- An outbreak of E. coli infections linked to last month&#39;s state fair may be larger than previously thought, with more than 100 additional cases under review, health officials said Saturday.
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A dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study.
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Health experts are issuing a warning about measles after an unexpectedly high number of cases this summer.
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A record number of people are due to have their claims for the return of overdraft charges heard at a Leeds court.
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NEW YORK  - Among people with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection caught in the general community (rather than in hospital), more than 20 percent were dead within a year, according to new research findings.