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CDC Data Show Hospital Infections Have Fallen 27% Since 2015, but Maintaining That Progress Remains a Challenge

A July 2026 CDC/NEJM study found hospital infection rates fell 27% from 2015 to 2023, with major drops in CLABSI, C. diff, and MRSA. But 518,000 HAIs still occurred in 2023.

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CDC Data Show Hospital Infections Have Fallen 27% Since 2015, but Maintaining That Progress Remains a Challenge

A July 2026 CDC/NEJM study found hospital infection rates fell 27% from 2015 to 2023, with major drops in CLABSI, C. diff, and MRSA. But 518,000 HAIs still occurred in 2023.

Medical Daily

Antibiotic Resistance Explained: The Hidden Dangers of Antibiotics Overuse

Antibiotic resistance explained: how antibiotics misuse creates superbugs, threatens global health, and why stewardship programs are vital.

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AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design two new antibiotics effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs”.

The Conversation

Antibiotic use likely fuelled the rise of a ‘superbug’ in NZ – genomics offers a defence against the next threat

After a routine C-section at an Auckland hospital, a mother developed severe pain and what seemed like postnatal fatigue. It turned out to be an infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a “superbug” spreading across New Zealand and beyond.

The Conversation

What is MRSA? Symptoms and how to avoid deadly infection after rise in UK cases

The Independent takes a look at what MRSA is, what the symptoms are, and how to get treated for it

The Independent UK

‘Avoid sharing towels and razors’ amid rise in people contracting MRSA, Britons told

UK officials are closely monitoring a rise in superbug cases caught outside of hospitals, after the US warned over spread in gyms and health clubs

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MIT scientists use AI to develop new antibiotics for stubborn gonorrhoea and MRSA

The researchers aimed to find completely new ways of tackling antimicrobial resistance.

Euronews

Scientists use AI to create new antibiotics that can kill deadly drug-resistant superbugs

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health crisis and is estimated to be responsible for more than one million deaths globally each year

The Independent UK

Bacteria strain that is resistant to antibiotics is spreading in Europe, scientists warn

The strain was first identified nearly a decade ago in the Netherlands and Germany, and has since spread to at least nine other European countries, according to Danish research.

Euronews

Panthers OLB D.J. Wonnum reveals ‘scary’ setback he dealt with this offseason

Panthers OLB D.J. Wonnum revealed that he underwent three quad surgeries and contracted MRSA and blood clots this offseason.

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Genome sequencing developed to trace COVID is now protecting babies in intensive care from infectious diseases

Anyone who has spent time inside a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) knows it’s intense.

The Conversation

Whistleblower Joshua Dean, who raised concerns about Boeing jets, dies at 45

Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.

WEKU

Steve McMichael ‘improving’ after recent MRSA diagnosis

Bears great Steve McMichael is "improving" after his recent MRSA diagnosis, and he's expected to return home early this week.

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The Hindu

In breakthrough, neural network ‘explains’ how it found a new antibiotic

Scientists have used deep-learning to discover a new class of antibiotics, revolutionising drug development strategies, fundamentally by making their deep-learning model ‘explainable’.

Zenger

Experimental Vaccine Sends Immune Cells Into ‘Incredible Hulk Mode’ To Fight Hospital Superbugs

A single shot of the vaccine could protect against antibiotic-resistant infections, including MRSA, according to new research.

Nottingham Post

Britain's Got Talent wheelchair dance star Paula Moulton dies of superbug MRSA

Paula co-founded Strictly Wheels Foundation which promotes wheelchair dancing as a social activity and at competitive levels

Daily Record

Britain's Got Talent star Paula Moulton dies after battling MRSA

The sad news was announced on the Strictly Wheels Facebook page.

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Daily Mirror

Britain's Got Talent star Paula Moulton dies after battling superbug MRSA

Britain's Got Talent star Paula Moulton has died after battling superbug MRSA. Strictly Wheels confirmed the tragic news on Facebook

The Guardian - UK

MRSA reported at Manston in migrant who tested positive for diphtheria

Case comes after Suella Braverman ignored advice that people were being kept at the centre unlawfully

The Independent UK

Highly antibiotic-resistant MRSA strain that arose in pigs ‘can jump to humans’

The strain has become the dominant type of MRSA in European livestock, probably due to widespread antibiotic use in pig farming, researchers say.

Wales Online

Fears raised over antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA that can jump from pigs to humans

Experts fear it is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics

Daily Mirror

Mum left with huge hole in stomach after spending £16,000 on full 'mummy makeover'

Melanie Sandberg, from Long Island, New York, wanted to get back her pre-pregnancy body but ended up with the horror infection MRSA

Wales Online

Woman's £16k 'mummy makeover' ended up with horror infection and hole in stomach

Melanie Sandberg saved up for surgeries to give her back her pre-pregnancy body after having two babies in two years

Daily Mirror

Leslie Ash, 62, uses a walking stick on dog walk after life-changing spinal injury

Actress Leslie Ash was partially paralysed and told she would end up in a wheelchair after contracting the deadly superbug MRSA in hospital

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