Assembly releases MRSA statistics
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Newly-released figures for hospital infections such as the superbug MRSA show Welsh hospitals are performing better than their English counterparts.
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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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The health workers' union Unison is calling for more cleaning staff in hospitals to tackle infections like MRSA.
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Drug-resistant bacteria are infecting more people in community settings such as prisons and public housing, and not just in hospitals where such "superbugs" can run rampant, researchers said on Monday.
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The government is close to hitting its MRSA target, but is accused of manipulating the data.
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The number of sexually transmitted chlamydia infections reported in the United States rose more than 5 percent last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.
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Rates of the superbug MRSA are falling, but the potentially more dangerous C. difficile is thriving, figures show.
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Hospitals are told they must do more to tackle infections - including the MRSA superbug - at Welsh hospitals.
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Figures from the HPA, released in its annual report yesterday, show that teenagers and young people are disproportionately affected by infections such as chlamydia, which can make women infertile, and gonorrhoea.
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Rates of infection with the deadly Clostridium difficile  bug rise in English hospitals, while MRSA rates  fall only slowly.
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School exam results across different parts of Scotland are revealed in official statistics.
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A report from the W.H.O. warns that new infectious diseases are emerging at an âunprecedented rate.â
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An awareness campaign aimed at reducing the level of hospital acquired infections is launched in Glasgow.
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A trial to see if copper stops the spread of MRSA is being tested in a Birmingham hospital.
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A simple five-item checklist can prevent hospital infections.
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Technicians of the Health Ministry have started this month to collect blood samples from pregnant women, for a study on the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis &quot;B&quot; and Syphilis, throughout the country, reads a press note released by the World Health
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The UK's MRSA problem may be due to highly contagious clones of the superbug, says a scientist.