Saturday, February 14, 2009

Growing Problem: Superbugs at the Beach

MRSA is a superbug. Imagine the stress- the hard work of being infectious, all the mutating to look after, never knowing when you'll find your next host. Suddenly some punk lab tech gets a gleam in his eye and tries to take you down with all the resources of his fat GlaxoSmithKline bankroll.

It takes a toll on a superbug, and now MRSA is headed to the beach for some umbrella drinks and sand-borne disease vector action. Oops!


Infectious Superbug Invades Beaches
LiveScience.com, NY - 7 hours ago
It has become a deadly and growing problem in hospitals in recent years. "MRSA is in the water and potentially in the sand," Plano told a group of reporters ...

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