Nearly 120,000 people contracted bloodstream staph infections in the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities – and nearly 20,000 died. Progress against the most ...

And two years ago, the Browns installed a Sani Sport machine, which uses an ozone process to kill bacteria on sports equipment that can cause staph and other infections. "We have had experts come ...

What Is a Staph Infection? A staph infection is caused by staphylococcus (or "staph") bacteria. Actually, about 25% of people normally carry staph in their nose, mouth, genitals, or anal area and ...

The claim: Face masks cause staph infections. Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the use of face masks in public in April, misinformation about the consequences of ...

EPIDEMIC FEARED--GAYS MAY SPREAD DEADLY STAPH INFECTION TO GENERAL POPULATION, shouted a press release from the Concerned Women for America, a conservative public-policy group. But is there a new ...

But it doesn't always work. That may because the germs thrive in upper recesses of the nose, far from the spots typically tested for staph bacteria, or where antibiotics are applied. Researchers ...

It is one of many strains of a bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus -- or staph, for short. Staph bacteria are common on skin and inside nostrils. Staph infection was first reported in humans ...