Three students at an eastern Pennsylvania high school are diagnosed with an outbreak of MRSA, a staph infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

It is still not clear where the students from Northampton Area High School picked up the infection, Superintendent Linda Firestone told media adding that she has sent a letter to parents Wednesday urging good hygiene practices to prevent spreading the infection

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

Bacterial infection has been found to be a major factor in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a British study says. Also known as cot death, SIDS is defined as the sudden and unexpected death of an infant aged between a week and a year.

Pediatricians from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London found potentially dangerous bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli in nearly half of all babies who died of SIDS at a London hospital

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

The Chinese food safety watchdog in southern Guangdong seized 4,167 boxes of milk from a Zhuhai dairy company after 119 children fell ill after drinking the milk, local media reported on Saturday.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the provincial food safety agency also issued a public warning consumers in five cities, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Foshan, Zhongshan and Guangzhou, against the risk of drinking 150-ml high-calcium milk, which was packed on March 26