CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists have developed a treatment strategy to fight staph infections using a cholesterol-lowering drug.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid blood test for potentially deadly drug-resistant staph bacterium.
NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A series of robberies targeting professional athletes has many worried they could be next.
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- School officials in Naperville, Ill., said two high school football players were diagnosed with drug-resistant staph infections.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- School officials in Winston-Salem, N.C., said six football players at East Forsyth High School were found to have drug-resistant staph infections.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Outbreaks of staph infections have been reported by schools across the United States, including some antibiotic-resistant strains.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Staph infections, once found only in hospitals, are showing up in gyms, jails and schools.
CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Doctors at the University of Wales say a certain kind of honey may help fight staph infections.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A Northwestern Memorial Hospital study estimates staph infections annually cause 12,000 deaths and cost U.S. hospitals $9.5 billion.
WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. Congressional panel has called for standardized drug testing of professional athletes at least as stringent as those faced by Olympic athletes.
BETHESDA, Md., May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers Monday said new research suggests airway disturbances in racehorses, asthmatics and meatpackers may have a similar cause.
BALTIMORE, March 10 (UPI) -- A University of Mississippi study says tobacco use among junior and senior high school athletes, especially boys, continues to be a serious health risk.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A study of Connecticut football players has found turf burns and cosmetic body shaving spread bacterial skin infections among the athletes.
NORTH GRAFTON, Mass., June 28 (UPI) -- A team of international researchers said a key peptide called RIP can prevent Staphylococcus aureus infections, a leading cause of death in hospitals.
ATLANTA, March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. doctors are warning an antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as Staphylococcus aureus is spreading, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
