Shae Kiernan, 11, of Mississippi Succumbs to MRSA in Under 3 Days

A methicillin-resistant staph infection (MRSA) has left a small community in Jackson County, Mississippi stunned after claiming the life of 11-year-old Shae Kiernan of Vancleave on Friday, October 12, 2007. One of three American children to succumb to the disease in recent weeks, her uncle told the Mississippi Press that what started as a [...]