After UPMC confirmed 12 cases of MRSA at Children's Hospital Monday, there may be questions on what MRSA is and who is most likely to get it.According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

2. How do you get it? Whenever people share equipment or supplies — and hygiene isn’t 100 percent — there’s the potential to spread MRSA. You don’t need a visible cut on the skin for the ...

Kyle Frey, 21, a college wrestler, knows first-hand about the threat posed by MRSA. Last January, he noticed a small "pimple" on his left bicep and thought nothing of it.

When MRSA Gets Personal How to protect yourself against the "superbug" that affects millions each year.

2. How do you get it? Whenever people share equipment or supplies — and hygiene isn't 100 percent — there's the potential to spread MRSA.

14. What about day centers, gyms, dance studios -- do they pose a greater risk? They can because of the increased potential for skin-to-skin contact, but it shouldn't cause concern.

New drugs for MRSA are emerging from the pharmaceutical pipeline, but there's little doubt the superbug will eventually become resistant to them, too. The real hope lies with researchers working ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by the uncontrolled spread of the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus—which is usually called staph. Primarily, the staph ...

Q: What does MRSA do? A: Most of the time, community-acquired MRSA (sometimes shortened to CA-MRSA) causes skin and soft-tissue infections that can be treated with other readily available antibiotics.

Local students and school districts are getting an education in MRSA, as in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.

In Seattle, Harborview Medical Center's struggles tell the story of MRSA: the history of outbreaks, the mounting casualties, the resistance to change. Four decades after its patients began dying ...