March 25th, 2008

[past headlines]
Reminder given to avoid resistant infection
Beloit Daily News - Beloit,WI,USA
This was the first case of MRSA at the high school during Pohl's three and a half years there, and the person with the infection was instructed to seek ...

Superbugs are here
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Hospitals have strict policies in place to ensure that staff uses procedures in the fight against drug-resistant 'superbugs' such as MRSA. The sores spread. ...

How Superbug Staph Aureus Resists Our Natural Defenses
Science Daily (press release) - USA
24, 2008) - Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA ...

Superbugs are here, they're deadly and they aren't only in hospitals
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
Another doctor took a sample and Moos learned days later she had MRSA. During that wait, Moos says she wasn't isolated, and received intravenous drugs ...

Learning from the mistakes
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
Every corner of the hospital was scrubbed after the public health officer revealed high rates of a dangerous antibiotic-resistant bug called MRSA, ...