A more than 10-fold increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections drove a surge in pediatric Staphylococcus-associated hospitalizations that peaked in 2006, according to an ...

Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

The media has been flushed with reports that Staphylococcus aureus, or staph, infections are rising among children, stemming from a recent study. This finding is of particular concern because a common ...

New research, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, shows giving antibiotics to children with uncomplicated staph infections is warranted and helps prevent recurring infections. A research team, ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Drug-resistant bacteria that cause painful and potentially dangerous skin infections are gaining a foothold in the nation's prisons, health officials say. Jails in at least six states ...

Children with severe pneumonia should be tested for staphylococcus, doctors say. More children who die from the flu have staphylococcus aureus infections that hasten their deaths, according to an ...

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 ...

Administering manufactured lactoferrin — a protein found in breast milk — to preterm infants unable to nurse can greatly reduce the risk of staph infection in the otherwise vulnerable infants, ...

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 ...

One Jake Gyllenhaal was harmed in the making of the new "Road House." On the Monday episode of the "Armchair Expert" podcast, the actor, 43, revealed he sliced his hand with glass and developed a ...