Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said a new treatment for bloodborne staph infections showed promise in 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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are plenty of infections that you get on a regular basis, such as a cold or a stomach bug, and ...

Any combat sports athlete hopes to avoid staph infection at all costs, but when they don't, they're forced out of competition until they're healed up. The infection is incredibly contagious and if ...

The CDC found that adults on dialysis for kidney failure were 100 times more likely to have staph bloodstream infections than people not on the treatment. Staph infections are serious and sometimes ...

What kills more Americans every year than AIDS, breast cancer and auto accidents combined? Hospital infections. According to the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, a non-profit advocacy group, more ...

There are plenty of infections that you get on a regular basis, such as a cold or a stomach bug, and don't even think twice. You do what you need to do to treat it and recover and you move on. But ...