Share on Pinterest Jake Gyllenhaal shared in a recent interview that he got a staph infection after being cut by glass while filming his new movie “Road House.” Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM ...

A new way to battle bloodborne staph infections could help save lives while combating the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to new clinical trial results. Two intravenous doses of the ...

Postdoctoral researcher Luka Svet at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital explores transcriptomic reprogramming and ...

A large-scale, quality improvement program developed in collaboration with infection prevention experts at the Johns Hopkins ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bug bites don’t cause staph infections on their own. However, when an insect or spider bites someone, it can create an avenue for ...

Staphylococcus aureus—aka staph—is among the most extensively studied human pathogens. Unfortunately, that knowledge hasn't made staph infections any easier to treat, particularly in the lungs. Staph ...

It started with a few news reports, and then the frenzy began. Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, made its way into the headlines and quickly became a household word. Emergency ...

Medically reviewed byDr. Beverly Timerding, M.D. Staphylococcus, commonly referred to as staph, is a type of bacteria that usually lives harmlessly on the skin and in the nasal passages of ...

A new substance has proven useful for treating staphylococcus infections in people with skin lymphoma, a new study shows. You may have had staphylococcus aureus in connection with a wound infection.

Researchers aiming to predict which staph-infection patients might develop a related kidney disease have found a high frequency of gene mutations in the infecting bacteria of affected patients, which ...

Data show that Black and Hispanic patients on dialysis in the U.S. have higher risks of developing staph bloodstream infections than their white counterparts, federal health officials say, adding that ...