November 1st, 2007

[past headlines]

Nassau: No widespread MRSA outbreak
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Officials assured those representatives that is "no detected outbreak of MRSA" in Nassau, but rather there are only what were termed "isolated" cases. ...

Ariz. may track MRSA cases in hospitals, health chief says
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
"We understand the public concern over MRSA and other infections that are out there," said John Rivers, president of the organization. ...

More Local Schools Report MRSA
KXAN-TV - Austin,TX,USA
The Lake Travis School District is informing parents about two confirmed cases of drug resistant staph infections, MRSA. One is a student athlete at Lake ...

City Urges Caution As MRSA Spreads
Queens Tribune - New York,NY,USA
By By Sasha Austrie For some, MRSA can be a mere nuisance, but for others it can be a fatal skin infection resistant to a host of antibiotics, ...

Disabled student in Rockland County has MRSA
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
WEST NYACK, NY - Rockland County is reporting its first MRSA (MERSA) case. A student at the BOCES Jesse Kaplan School in West Nyack was diagnosed yesterday ...

Mom plans $25M lawsuit over son's staph death
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
The hospital has said that Omar did not exhibit symptoms of MRSA when his mother brought him to the emergency room. In a prepared statement, Kings County ...

School systems taking extra precautions against MRSA
Cumberland Times-News - Cumberland,MD,USA
Staph or MRSA infections are usually manifested as skin infections, such as pimples and boils, and occur in otherwise healthy people. ...