Study finds massive increase of superbug among Vancouver injection ...
The Canadian Press -
The rise was fuelled by spread of a worrying strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, which has been causing soaring rates of ...

Wrestlers Take Action for Protection Against MRSA
Action 3 News - Omaha, NE, USA
Two Grand Island wrestlers came down with the MRSA strain of staph infection last month. More than a dozen of the team's 54 wrestlers will compete in this ...

Extreme measures taken to prevent MRSA spread
NTV - Kearney, NE, USA
(AP) - When the MRSA (Mersa) strain of staph infection showed up in two Grand Island Senior High wrestlers last month, the school sprang into action. ...

Don't sweat gym germs
The Columbian - Vancouver, WA, USA
Yet there have been no documented cases of anyone contracting MRSA at a health club, said Rosemary Lavery, a spokeswoman for the International Health, ...

Frequently asked questions about MRSA
Columbus Telegram - Columbus, NE, USA
By AP Most MRSA infections are skin infections that may appear as pustules or boils which often are red, swollen, painful, or have pus or other drainage. ...

Wrestling team gets aggressive in fighting nasty staph infection
Beatrice Daily Sun - Beatrice, NE, USA
Two Islander wrestlers are coming off bouts with the notorious MRSA, the drug-resistant staph infection that has shown up in increasing numbers across the ...

Olympics Photo Wire
ESPN - USA
Two of the school's wrestlers have come down with MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Their illnesses prompted the school to take extreme ...