NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are prescribed certain antibiotics for acne - even those who take them for months at a time - are unlikely to develop bacteria resistant to those drugs, according to a new study. Full story
David Livermore is in a race against evolution. In his north London lab, he holds up an evil-smelling culture plate smeared with bacteria. This creamy-yellow growth is the enemy: a new strain of germs resistant to the most powerful antibiotics yet devised by humankind. Full story
School officials have determined that a Long Island student had strep throat, not a case of the bacterial infection MRSA (MUR'-suh). Full story
School officials say a Long Island student is being treated for a suspected case of the bacterial infection MRSA (MUR'-suh). Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The antibiotic-mocking MRSA bacteria seem to be thriving better in the US than in the UK, according to new government data. Full story
A strain of a drug-resistant skin disease that has afflicted sports teams, prisons and military units is now proving a persistent pest among lobstermen and their families on a Maine island. Full story
May 21: An Illinois woman who lost her first child to MRSA, now learns her newborn is also infected with the potentially deadly disease. WMAQ's Rob Stafford reports.
