Schools in Several States Report Staph Infections, and Deaths Raise the Alarm
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School officials around the country have been scrambling this week after several cases of staph infection, some of which have led to the death of students.
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Delays in approving comprehensive HIV-AIDS education in District public schools are putting students at risk and impeding the city's promising efforts to combat the epidemic, according to a report to be released today.
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Fairfax County health officials warned principals at all county public schools to be on the lookout for students or staff with symptoms of whooping cough.
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NEW YORK  - Among patients treated at urban  public hospital emergency rooms for skin and soft-tissue  infections, more and more often the cause appears to be the  antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' known as MRSA, new research  shows.
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Nine athletes and a coach at Iona College contracted an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, which has spread through schools nationwide
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States that routinely deal with hurricanes and other natural disasters are better prepared than others to handle bioterrorism, but overall the nation is struggling to develop plans for public health emergencies.
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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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Hospitals can successfully tackle the alarming spread of a dangerous and drug-resistant staph infection with an aggressive program to immediately identify and quarantine patients carrying the superbug, infectious disease doctors said at a conference Tuesday.
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Ten healthy female students at a rural, co-ed North Carolina high school had repeated bouts of seizures, swooning and hyperventilation over a four-month period in 2002 -- an outbreak that experts are calling an example of mass hysteria.
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Fairfax County (website - news) health officials are tracking cases of whooping cough in at least three county schools. The disease, also known as pertussis, is on the increase nationwide.
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Future disease pandemics will be scored in the United States much like hurricanes, with the most severe triggering school closings and changes in the workplace, under federal guidelines issued on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- States that routinely deal with hurricanes and other natural disasters are better prepared than others to handle bioterrorism, but overall the nation is struggling to develop plans for public health emergencies, according to a study released
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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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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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The MRSA superbug has played a part in 116 deaths in Northern Ireland in the past seven years, figures have shown. Nearly three quarters of those deaths occurred in the over-75 age group.
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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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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called clostridium difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA, statistics show.