(National) February 26, 2007 - A super bug that used to only make hospital patients sick is now showing up everywhere. MRSA is on the rise in otherwise healthy people. When Whitney Lester, 35, noticed ...

Bedbugs may be able to acquire and transmit methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a recent study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. MRSA is a type of bacteria ...

NEW YORK -- One type of superbug bacteria is increasingly spreading among people who inject drugs, according to a new government report. Users of heroin and other injection drugs were 16 times more ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a serious bacterial infection that is resistant to most antibiotic treatments. Healing is possible but severe infections may become chronic or ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers are testing whether a light-active version of heme, the molecule responsible for transporting oxygen in blood circulation, may help people infected ...

Once MRSA gets into households, the deadly superbug can take hold and spread easily, a study published Tuesday shows. And more often than not, the bacteria hitched rides into the homes on children.

A University of Florida study of middle-aged and older adults finds those who unknowingly carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, on their skin are twice as likely to die within ...

Researchers identified MRSA bloodstream infections using the National Healthcare Safety Network, a nationwide reporting system through which acute care hospitals in Tennessee track ...

Scientists have found that genetic mutations in MRSA allow it to evolve and become more resistant to antibiotics such as penicillin. Scientists from the University of Sheffield have found that genetic ...

A drug-resistant infection can be spread via household items such as refrigerator door handles, the TV remote, toothbrushes and towels, scientists have warned. The study published in the journal ...

Nursing homes with higher invasive Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates had fewer registered nurses, a new study finds. Boosting the number of nurses in high-risk communities could lower MRSA rates, ...