Natalia Jimenez-Truque
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Study finds college athletes more likely to harbor MRSA
College athletes who play contact sports are more than twice as likely to carry the deadly superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylocuccus aureus (MRSA) than peers who play non-contact sports, according to a Vanderbilt study released at IDWeek 2014. Read MoreOct 9, 2014
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MRSA in pregnancy may be less dangerous than previously thought
Vanderbilt pediatric infectious disease researchers studying antibiotic-resistant staph say fears that mothers carrying the germ may set their newborns up for infection are unfounded. Read MoreApr 19, 2012