As Cases Arise, Schools Act to Ward Off Virulent Staph
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As national estimates focus on an increase in serious infections caused by an antibiotic-resistant germ, officials in the Washington region have identified more than 18 cases among students and are organizing extensive cleanups of numerous schools.
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With the weather getting colder and more students staying inside in close quarters, the increase of sickness is becoming a more serious threat.
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Forty-three school children are receiving treatment for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Scientists believe they may have found a way to stop the problem of bacteria becoming resistant to drug treatments.
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Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug" could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates say and early evidence suggests.
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Children at a primary school are offered  bird flu medicine as one of the pupils is believed to have the virus.
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By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- A bacterium that is becoming more resistant to first-line antibiotics is causing record numbers of skin infections in otherwise healthy children, according to a new study.    The bacterium, called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is also emerging as a cause of pneumonia, which can be fatal...
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A new study suggests that a solution to drug-resistant bacteria like staph could be forcing the bugs to kill themselves.
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A 13-year-old boy is in intensive care  following a severe adverse reaction to a vaccination at school.
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In Bayside, Queens, a ward at St. Maryâs Hospital for Children does the careful work of breaking down childrenâs resistance to eating.
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Health officials say it is possible to  contract MRSA, the staph bacterium, at a gym, but the risk is low.
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Scary drug-resistant bacteria are on the rise, but there are simple ways to avoid infection.
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Nine athletes and a coach at Iona College contracted an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, which has spread through schools nationwide, health officials said Friday.
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A middle school student from Brooklyn died Thursday, probably from the staph infection MRSA, according to the New York City Health Department.
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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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Hoping to prevent the loss of children, a few schools have begun monitoring student movements using technology similar to that used to track livestock and retail shipments.
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The headlines are disturbing -- schools closing for disinfection, a 17-year-old dead from a drug-resistant "superbug." But health officials said on Friday it is no new emergency and the best way to deal with the bacteria is simply to wash your hands.