SAN DIEGO, California -- What a family thought was a minor scrape on a bike ride turned into a heartbreaking situation for a 3-year-old boy in San Diego. "He fell down, scratched his knee. We put ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Cammy Melton's arms are covered in red, nickel-sized blotches. A deep abscess on the back of her leg makes it painful to walk. She hasn't left the house in weeks. The Springfield ...

Merab Dvalishvili could have had ‘leg amputated’ before UFC 311 win over Umar Nurmagomev - Dvalishvili fought through a back ...

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Sean Strickland assures fans he isn't battling staph infection going into UFC 312. Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) challenges middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in a ...

Some microbes can be quite clingy. Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial species responsible for staph infections, latches onto human skin with one of the strongest biological bonds ever recorded, ...

Staph bacteria kill between 60,000 and 80,000 people each year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The resilient microorganism flourishes in hospitals, where it finds ideal ...