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Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

Is that red bump a spider bite or could it be a staph infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus (MRSA)? MRSA, a newer type of staph infection, has been present in Iowa since at ...

Researchers developed a compound that imitates iron to transport copper into bacterial cells. The compound successfully ...

Daniel Fells has a MRSA infection that doctors fear could lead to amputation. — -- A dire infection that has left an NFL player facing possible amputation has highlighted the dangers professional ...

Watt contracted the infection after a laundry list of injuries in 2015. — -- Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt is opening up about a staph infection that nearly ended his NFL career and ...