Nasty clones causing MRSA
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The UK's MRSA problem may be due to the emergence of highly contagious clones of the superbug, says a scientist.
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Hospitals can stem the alarming spread of a dangerous and drug-resistant staph infection by screening new patients and keeping them quarantined, say doctors who tried this novel approach.
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Five years ago, Ruby Burns of Laurel underwent surgery to replace two disks in her neck. But the replacements apparently weren't all that entered her body that day. Burns, then 41 and a former hospital chaplain, developed a staphylococcus infection that formed an abscess on her spine at the site ...
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Just days after being told that milk and meat from cloned livestock were safe for human consumption, Europeans were warned that cloning causes suffering to the animals.
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A strain of MRSA that has never previously caused deaths in hospitals claims two lives, say health experts.
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Scary drug-resistant bacteria are on the rise, but there are simple ways to avoid infection.
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Essential oils could kill the deadly MRSA hospital 'superbug', scientists have claimed.
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In the wake of new attention to the dangers of drug-resistant staph bacteria, schools and other keyboard-intensive organizations are seriously considering how they can best purge their workplaces of such hazards.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that an outbreak of wound and bloodstream infections among U.S. service members in Iraq was acquired at contaminated field hospitals, not on the battlefield.
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A strain of MRSA that has never previously caused deaths in hospitals claims two lives, an agency reveals.
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Spinach contaminated with E. coli. Frozen oysters tainted by norovirus. Peanut butter fouled by salmonella.
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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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Researchers on a safari for microbes  have found that human skin is populated by a veritable  menagerie of bacteria -- 182 species -- some apparently living  there permanently and others just dropping by for a visit.
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Human skin teems with a zoo of strange microbes in colonies that are nearly unique from person to person and many of which are practically unknown to science, new research finds. Some of the bugs are permanent residents, while others come and go.
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Tiny genetic mutations were enough to create an aggressive new form of chlamydia, research finds.
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Drug-resistant staph infections that have made headlines in recent weeks come from what the nation's top doctor calls "the cockroach of bacteria" Â a bad germ that can lurk in lots of places, but not one that should trigger panic.
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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called C. difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA.