How Cheap Meat Practices Beef Up Superbugs Like MRSA
Simon Sparrow, 1, died from a MRSA infection in 2004. His mother has since been on a mission to raise awareness of superbugs. (Everly Macario)(WASHINGTON) — As 1½-year-old Simon Sparrow lay dying in a hospital in April 2004, doctors were perple…
Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA in Livestock May Spread to Humans
Comstock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Livestock in the United States may be building resistance to deadly bacterial infections, and those superbugs may be easily transferrable to humans, according to a new study published in the journal, mBio. Methicillin…
Drug-Resistant Staph Infection Hits Three at NM High School
John Coletti/Getty Images(BELEN, N.M.) — Three students have been sickened with the antibiotic-resistant infection MRSA and 12 others tested positive for the bacterium at Belen High School in New Mexico. School officials have vigorously disinfected th…