Tag: MRSA

Drug-resistant staph can spread easily in household environments

EDITOR’S NOTE: The embargo date and time were changed by The Lancet. Please note new embargo information above. Once rare, the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. each year and kills about 20,000. Antibiotic overuse has made MRSA more common and difficult to treat because of the