February 27th, 2008

[past headlines]
Watch for MRSA, doctors warned
Seattle Times - United States
Reports of MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, have been increasing across the country over the past five years, public-health officials said ...

Journal of the Plague Years: 1981-2008
New York Observer - New York,NY,USA
Another was, what is up with this new superdisease, the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA for short, that has been touted in ...

Superbug on the run
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Anti-MRSA microbe isolated. But researcher cautions a cure is still years and millions of dollars away A Halifax researcher has made promising findings in ...

Student Who Died Tested Positive for MRSA
WTOP - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON -- Some parents are on alert after learning an 11-year-old girl who died earlier this month had MRSA, a drug-resistant staph infection. ...

Community-Acquired MRSA
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
A single strain of bacteria gave rise to the current national epidemic of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), ...

DC Student Who Died In Hospital Had MRSA
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
According to the DC Department of Health, the students at Bunker Hill are in no more danger of contracting MRSA than students at any other school. ...

Letter Sent Home To Parents About Student With MRSA
MyFox Washington DC - Washington,DC,USA
A case of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was recently reported at Bunker Hill ES. Staphylococcus aureus is a fairly common bacteria that ...

Flu-Related Deaths Prompt Health Warning
KUOW News and Information - Seattle,WA,USA
Last week a Whatcom county student died from a rare case of MRSA pneumonia. And in a separate incident, respiratory failure claimed the life of an 18-year ...