Wayne Lukas had been battling a severe Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infection. He died on Saturday at the age of 89.

During the 2019 pandemic sweeping through hospitals, an insidious companion emerged in bloodstream infections, where bacteria ...

You might not realize it, but many infectious organisms can be found in sand or water. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is one of many strains of a bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus -- or staph, for short. Staph bacteria are common on skin and ...

The tech could provide "affordable and rapid" diagnostic tests, which would improve treatment plans and help combat ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is among the most common type of pathogen in the healthcare system and the community.

Tiny sensors, similar to breathalyzers, could "sniff out" bacterial infections and detect antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in ...

What the shingles vaccine does is it dampens reactivations of latent viruses in a way that may be protecting other parts of your body,” Martin said. Including, it seems, the brain. The measles, mumps ...

In methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, evolution of bacteriophage resistance causes trade-offs that re-sensitize the bacteriato β-lactam antibiotics.

The tech could provide "affordable and rapid" diagnostic tests, which would improve treatment plans and help combat ...