Hospital wipes that are used to rid surfaces of bacteria could actually be spreading the deadly superbug MRSA, scientists have found.

A study by Cardiff University has shown that many hospitals are reusing the cloths to clean more than one surface which leads to spread of bacteria, such as antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA

The blood that runs in veins of the alligator could one day save your life.

In a new study by the McNeese State University suggests that proteins found in the blood of alligators could be source of antibiotics that could cure diabetic ulcers, severe burns and "superbugs," including MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), that are resistant to other kinds of medicine. The research showed that protein found in blood extracted from American Alligators can successfully destroy 23 strains of bacteria

Health officials warned Washington state residents to be watchful of their health and to get a flu shot if they have not, after a college student in Whatcom County died due to an MRSA pneumonia.

Chris Feden, 20, an engineering student at Western Washington University, died from MRSA pneumonia, a rare and critical infection that he got after having flu

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assured members of Congress on Wednesday that drug resistant staph infections should not be a cause for panic.

At House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, CDC head Dr. Julie Gerberding said, "This isn't something just floating around in the air. It takes close contact, things like sharing towels and razors, or rolling on the wrestling mat or football field with open scrapes, or not bandaging cuts, to become infected with the staph germ called MRSA outside of a hospital. But MRSA is preventable largely by common-sense hygiene

A new study published in Veterinary Microbiology found methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is widely common in Canadian pig farms and pig farmers, signaling to some that animal agriculture as a source of the deadly bacteria. The Veterinary Microbiology study (Khanna et al. 2007) is the first to show that North American pig farms and farmers commonly carry MRSA.

Researchers looked for MRSA in 285 pigs in 20 Ontario farms and found MRSA at 45 percent of farms (9/20) and in nearly one in four pigs (71/285). One in five pig farmers studied (5/25) also were found to carry MRSA, a much higher rate than in the general North American population. The strains of MRSA bacteria found in Ontario pigs and pig farmers included a strain common to human MRSA infections in Canada