MRSA, a bacterium that causes skin infections, boils and absesses, is hitting the general public. The bug was previously confined to hospitals and nursing homes, then had spread to prisons, sports ...

The presence of a boil on the body should not be taken lightly, according to Dr. Bertha Ayi. Leaving it untreated, she said, could result in serious health consequences, even death. "If you have a ...

Twenty Millersville University varsity football players are being treated for a drug-resistant bacterial staph infection, college officials said Wednesday. Pat Weidinger, the university's director of ...

Although hospital superbugs like MRSA – methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus - are now a widespread and recognised problem, new MRSA strains that have emerged and are spreading amongst the ...

Is that red bump a spider bite or could it be a staph infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus (MRSA)? MRSA, a newer type of staph infection, has been present in Iowa since at ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The St. Peter’s High School administration in New Brighton is taking precautionary cleaning measures to disinfect its sports facility after a student was diagnosed with MRSA, ...

Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) is a bacterium found in the skin and mucous membranes. The number of hospital-acquired MRSA infections is down; however, community-acquired MRSA infections continue to ...