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.
ATLANTA, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A 2005 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control showing high rates of death from a drug resistant staph strain has prompted concern in U.S. schools.
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.
LYNWOOD, Calif., June 5 (UPI) -- The California women's prison where Paris Hilton is incarcerated for violating probation has a staph infection problem, a state epidemiologist said.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Staph infections, once found only in hospitals, are showing up in gyms, jails and schools.
LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A killer infection -- 80 times the level in which the bug is considered harmful -- was found on equipment in British ambulances.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Johns Hopkins researchers say hand washing can stop potential life-threatening hospital infections of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
SACRAMENTO, July 2 (UPI) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Friday called for talks on California's budget to continue through the holiday weekend.
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.
