Five Confirmed MRSA Infections in Akron Public Schools, Dozens More Throughout Ohio

An Akron Public Schools press conference on Friday, November 9, 2007 revealed that two adults and three children at five separate schools have contracted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. The confirmed MRSA infections occurred in individuals at Barrett Academy, Firestone Park Elementary School, Harris Elementary School, David Hill Community Learning Center and Voris Community [...]

Doctors Seek FDA Approval for Cheaper, More Effective MRSA Meds

Antibiotic-resistant staph infections are notoriously expensive to treat. Tygacil and Zyvox are two drugs that can cost patients upwards of $100 per day. But new studies in the works aim to prove that cheap, generic drugs that have been around for decades are actually more effective in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or [...]

Staph Superbugs in the Spotlight on Capitol Hill

A hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday examined the public health challenges of dealing with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform heard expert testimony from witnesses who addressed MRSA prevention, risk reduction, and the potential role of the government in combating the lethal superbug. In addition [...]

Vaccine Research Yields Promising Results in the Prevention of Lethal Staph Infections

One day soon, antibiotic resistant staph infections might be preventable with a simple vaccine.
Research scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a vaccine that has been successful in blocking the onset of staph infections in laboratory mice. The promising vaccine will make it possible for the body to easily fight off staph by [...]

MRSA Infects 7 Students at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan

Seven students at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) in Michigan have been diagnosed with the superbug known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) since the school year began.  After the first four cases of the potentially lethal staph infection were announced by school officials on October 26, 2007, three additional students were diagnosed with MRSA.
Of the [...]

Tulsa Public Schools Will Require Teachers to Report Suspected Staph Infections

Following the diagnosis of antibiotic-resistant staph infections in several local students and teachers, the Tulsa Public School District will now require teachers and staff to notify health services of all children with suspicious looking rashes or wounds. Confirmed cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been diagnosed in a teacher at Edison High School, [...]

MRSA Outbreak at West Virginia State University was Exaggerated

Four confirmed cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were diagnosed among West Virginia State University in October 2007, not nine as originally announced. The inflated figures were due to misreporting by students and lack of adequate medical confirmation. Some of the students had staph infections that, unlike MRSA, could be easily treated with [...]

Staph Superbug Outbreak in Richmond, Missouri Closes Elementary School

A Richmond, Missouri school is closed for disinfection after the diagnosis of drug-resistant staph in at least seven children. The children, all students at Sunrise Elementary School, are infected with the virulent form of staph known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. An eighth student and a teacher are believed to have the [...]

School in Cape Cod, Massachusetts Did Not Notify Parents, Public of MRSA Infection

School officials at the Morse Pond School in Falmouth, Massachusetts first learned one of their students was infected with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection in mid-September, but did not notify students or members of the Falmouth community. Falmouth Superintendent Dennis Richards told the Cape Cod Times he did not disclose the potentially lethal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus [...]

Baltimore Has Highest Rate of Staph Superbug Infections in the Nation

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, gained national attention last month when four American children died from complications related to the virulent superbug. In a study published in the October 17, 2007 Journal of the American Medical Association, The Centers for Disease Control reported that United States deaths attributed to the MRSA bacterium exceeded [...]

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