MRSA Notes

Welcome to another Theme Day at the Science & Health channel at b5media! We have come a good way over the past year in helping make folks aware of MRSA and here is an overview of some of the most influential events of 2006.
January 2006 - ESPN Broadcaster Jack Snow dies from complications from [...]

In an article published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, infectious disease experts warn of MRSA strains that are emerging and spreading with alarming rapidity across Canada. These are the same strains that have been working in the U.S. on our children and our athletes.

The resistant bacteria is an “old foe with [...]

The state of Michigan has produced some great materials to help inform their athletes about MRSA and how to prevent it. They have had a significant number of problems with MRSA in their wrestling program, especially, and are working hard to prevent any more:

“What we’ve done at our wrestling rules meeting this season is [...]

Brian Russell, safety for the Cleveland Browns has ended his season with a recurring Staph infection. This is his second occurance of Staph in three months, but he does not have MRSA.

Russell spent his sixth day at the Cleveland Clinic after undergoing another operation. A Browns spokesman confirmed that Russell had staph — [...]

Atlanta’s professional basketball and hockey teams, the Hawks and the Thrashers have taken a proactive stance towards protecting their players from Staph, MRSA and other bacterial infections with the use of the SportsAide antimicrobial system that we have heard about here several times in the past.

Staph infections are a very serious concern for all athletic [...]

The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) has completed a survey of 1008 men and women regarding their concern for skin infections and flu.
They say that 74% were concerned about hygiene in academic settings, and 84% were concerned about hygiene in their homes. I would love to see the actual survey they conducted, but it is [...]

MRSA has taken the NFL by surprise this last couple of years, with several players being benched because of it. This article at California’s Monterey Herald, is a brief overview of MRSA in the NFL and the problems that the Cleveland Browns, and more specifically, Brian Russell, have had with MRSA recently.
I have been [...]

IslandPacket.com has the story of several athletes on Hilton Head island in SC who have been fighting MRSA as a result of very normal scratches and wounds attained during football games and practices:

The scratch on David Hutton’s left shin was an inch long and innocuous — the kind of “injury” an offensive lineman might suffer [...]

Like many other athletic groups across the country, the Boston Celtics have had their own battle with MRSA. Paul Pierce and Delonte West have both had recent infections and yesterday the Celtics announced “the organization has sustained a small bacterial infection issue.” They go on to say that they are “aggressively undertaking steps [...]

Haddonfield Memorial High School is the second school in South New Jersey to do battle with MRSA in their athetic facilities recently, with a reported 8 players infected as of late last week.
Haddonfield MHS has presented this MRSA factsheet on their website to help parents and members of the community with some basic information about [...]