"Keeping your dog from constantly irritating an infected area is important for fast healing because (licking) can cause more ...

When staph bacteria meet skin, they hang on for dear life and won't let go. The ties that bind staph and human skin, as it turns out, shape one of the strongest bonds in biology. Unfortunately for us, ...

ATLANTA - People can get plenty of diseases from animals — bird flu, for one. Now there are signs dogs and cats can catch a dangerous superbug from people. At a large Philadelphia veterinary hospital, ...

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, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are plenty of infections that you get on a regular basis, such as a cold or a stomach bug, and ...

The Staphylococcus bacteria that cause staph infections are with you always, minding their own business as they live on your skin and in your nose, per the Cleveland Clinic. But if they get inside ...

There are plenty of infections that you get on a regular basis, such as a cold or a stomach bug, and don't even think twice. You do what you need to do to treat it and recover and you move on. But ...