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MRSA Infections
MRSA on Capitol Hill
Apr 17, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A House of Representatives staffer has contracted the dangerous, sometimes deadly, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), likely from...
MRSA Outbreak at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Apr 10, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Dozens of mothers and newborns have fallen ill with dangerous staph infections following release from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. ...
Study: One-Third of EMS Stethoscopes Infected with MRSA
Apr 1, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A new study found that about one-third of all stethoscopes used by emergency medical services (EMS) providers is contaminated with the dangerous,...
Hand Washing Is the Best Way to Prevent MRSA
Mar 31, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
MRSA—Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—has long been known to be passed via health care workers and equipment and is best known...
MRSA A Rising Trend in American Children
Jan 20, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
We have long been reporting on the dramatic rise of the multi-drug resistant staph infection commonly referred to as MRSA. Now, MRSA, or...
ER Workers Often Infected with MRSA
Dec 30, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Two new reports released by the Annals of Emergency Medicine have concluded that health care workers in emergency departments—so called ERs or...
Three Stony Brook University MRSA Cases Unrelated
Nov 20, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Three cases of MRSA—also known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—which were recently diagnosed in students at Long Island's...
Staph Germs Proving Harder to Treat
Oct 28, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The Associated Press (AP) is now reporting that doctors are seeing drug-resistant staph bacteria acquiring so-called “superbug powers”...
Two More Long Island Schools Report MRSA Cases
Oct 9, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
MRSA—methilcillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—has struck two more Long Island schools this week. One student from Centereach...
More Reported MRSA Cases in Long Island Schools
Sep 29, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
In New York, school officials are reporting that students in towns across Long Island are being diagnosed with MRSA. Students in Commack and...
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