Portage High confirms two cases of MRSA
Munster Times - Munster, IN, USA
PORTAGE | Two Portage High School students were diagnosed with the staph infection MRSA in the past week, Portage Township Schools Health Services Director ...

MRSA infections serious but treatable
Kentucky.com - Lexington, KY, USA
By Jim Warren Barely three weeks ago, most people had never heard of MRSA; now methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus seems to have much of the country ...

US Health Officials Say Drug-Resistant Infections Are Growing Problem
Voice of America - USA
Medical researchers say methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA killed more than 18000 people in the United States in 2005, more people than ...

HEALTH WATCH: Somonauk schools take steps to prevent MRSA
MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa, IL, USA
"There has been a great deal of recent media coverage concerning MRSA or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, infections in school-aged children," ...

Disinfections Ineffective In MRSA Fight?
CBS News - New York, NY, USA
(CBS) The elaborate disinfections schools are undertaking in the wake of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureas, or MRSA, infections are doing little ...

Schools overreacting to MRSA, says GISD
MLive.com - MI, USA
Swartz Creek is the fifth school district to publicly acknowledge that a student has been diagnosed with MRSA, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. ...

District: SV student has MRSA
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton, NY, USA
Superintendent Gerardo Tagliaferri's office received notice Wednesday that a student is undergoing treatment for MRSA, or methicillin-resistant ...

'Fight MRSA' rallying cry for new coalition
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
MRSA, an acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, is an antibiotic-resistant strain of staph infections spreading around the ...

MRSA fears close Edmonds school
Seattle Times - United States
... School in Edmonds shut down Wednesday after a parent reported that his or her child had contracted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. ...