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A North Carolina hospital takes a high tech approach to battling germs. It's estimated one hundred thousand people die from hospital borne infections in the US, every year.

The Environmental Protection Agency has released the results of a study that says beach sand may be harmful to your health.

Our facilities today have a silent enemy stalking for the opportunity to attack building occupants with lethal force: Microorganisms that are resistant to several classes of antibiotics, commonly referred to as "superbugs" and also known as multiple drug-resistant organisms .

A new pattern of antibiotic resistance that is spreading around the globe may soon leave us defenseless against a frighteningly wide range of dangerous bacterial infections Microbiologist Lance Price at the ScienceWriters2011 conference in Flagstaff on October 16 explained that modern animal production methods are virtually designed to create ... (more)

New Project Led by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Consortium Will Have Significant Impact on the Development of New Antibiotics Bethesda, MD - The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Consortium has launched a research collaboration that aims to remove obstacles to developing new antibacterial ... (more)

The New Mexico Department of Health is reminding people to follow prevention recommendations to prevent the spread of skin infections such as Staphylococcus and Methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus aureus .

Two years after the NDM 1 superbug was first detected in the country, a new report suggests between 100- 200 million Indians might be carrying two deadly forms of superbug, ha-MRSA and ca-MRSA - said to be resistant to all available antibiotics, except for one that has never been tried, because of its potentially fatal side effects.

Antibiotics developer Cempra is now a public company with an initial public offering raising close to $50 million.

A few weeks back, we reported on a study out of Iowa University that tested supermarket pork for antibiotic resistant Staph bacteria .

THEY have been the scourge of hospital wards for years and caused or contributed to the deaths of more than 5000 Scots over the past decade.

The government has rolled over once again for Big Meat and we may be in more danger from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Meredith Lutz, left, and Dr. Luis Duharte during an interview. Lutz is a patient safety officer and director of infection control at Florida Hospital Heartland Division.

Officials took steps to combat Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA, in the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District this week after a parent told them a Beallsville Elementary School student has the infection.

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A deadly mutant bug could be spreading among the public warn experts. The deadly strain of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus called USA300 passes easily through skin-to-skin contact.

District officials have informed parents of Wall High School students that one confirmed case of MRSA has been identified at the school, according to a letter from Interim Superintendent Stephanie Bilenker.

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One of the more fascinating ways that medical researchers are looking in to fighting antibiotic resistant bacteria is through the use of Manuka honey.

The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including the killer Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , has been partially blamed on the use of antibiotics in animal feed.