DEAR DOCTOR K: What is MRSA? What makes it so dangerous? Dear Reader: We have a brain, and bacteria don’t. So you’d think bacteria wouldn’t be able to outsmart us. But they sure can figure out ways to ...

After introducing an electronic monitoring system for hand-hygiene compliance, researchers from Greenville (S.C.) Health System reported a decline in methicillin-resistant Staphyolococcus aureus ...

During the COVID pandemic, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in acute care hospitals rose steeply, despite a decrease of infections before the pandemic, the Society for ...

This fall, when stories of MRSA-related deaths hit the presses, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was transformed from an issue primarily known to and monitored by public health ...

Dear Reader: We have a brain, and bacteria don’t. So you’d think bacteria wouldn’t be able to outsmart us. But they sure can figure out ways to become resistant to the antibiotics we use to kill them.

A group of five medical organizations have released updated recommendations for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, transmission and infection. MRSA causes ...

f you rely on hand sanitizers to protect you from the superbug MRSA and a variety of other dreadful infections, be aware that these products might be giving you a false sense of security. The FDA says ...

The FDA has some advice that might surprise you. They're telling Americans to not use hand sanitizers that claim to prevent infection from the staph bacteria known as MRSA. That's because the FDA ...

It's crazy, but one of the most dangerous things you can do is visit the hospital. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly two million hospital patients contract ...

Larissa Banitt is a registered nurse who combines her English and Nursing degrees in writing health content. She has worked on the floor on a medical-surgical unit and currently works providing care ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a serious bacterial infection that is resistant to most antibiotic treatments. Healing is possible but severe infections may become chronic or ...