The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with ...

At least three patients at Victoria Hospital's palliative care unit have tested positive for the ...

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) declared an outbreak of superbug MRSA, a bacteria resistant to many antibiotics, at Victoria Hospital on Wednesday. The MRSA outbreak, which stands for methicillin ...

Infections can lead to a deadly reaction in your body called sepsis. At least 250,000 Americans die from sepsis each year. In ...

From February 2022 to February 2023, they collected (using cotton swabs) and genetically sequenced bacterial samples from six ...

The gold standard antimicrobial, vancomycin, has several shortcomings that have prompted the development of newer agents for the treatment of MRSA disease. Moreover, the emergence of vancomycin ...

Professor Hajo Grundmann, a world expert in infectious diseases, said MRSA in hospitals is already 'out of control' in many countries. But the emergence of stronger and more virulent strains could ...

You probably think “antibiotic resistance” means that a bacterial infection can’t be cured by any antibiotics. But the FDA ...

Carole and Ty Moss tell the tragic story of losing their 15-year-old son, Nile, to a MRSA infection that developed into ...

A fatal accident inquiry is to begin eight years after the death of a baby girl at a Glasgow hospital. Sophia Smith was only ...