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Mar 30, 2022, 08:44 ET MRSA Infections Rampant - International MRSA Testing Week April 1-7

"MRSA continues to be a major problem in U.S. healthcare facilities and greatly under reported", states Jeanine Thomas, founder and national...

Oct 12, 2021, 08:38 ET World MRSA Awareness Month - October, MRSA Infection Rates Soaring

"MRSA must immediately become a top political priority as MRSA has made a roaring comeback in U.S. healthcare facilities", states Jeanine Thomas,...

Oct 01, 2021, 08:41 ET World MRSA Day - October 2 Marks Sixty Years of the Ongoing MRSA Epidemic

'The MRSA Epidemic - A Call to Action' is again this year's global theme for the 13th Annual World MRSA Day - World MRSA Awareness Month annual...

Oct 02, 2020, 08:31 ET World MRSA Day - the Ongoing Global MRSA Epidemic

"MRSA must immediately become a top political priority, people are dying and suffering needlessly," states Jeanine Thomas, founder of World MRSA Day...

Oct 02, 2019, 08:31 ET World MRSA Day - the Ongoing Global MRSA Epidemic

"MRSA must immediately become a top political priority- people are dying and suffering needlessly," states Jeanine Thomas, founder of World MRSA Day...

Sep 11, 2019, 08:36 ET World MRSA Day Raises the Alarm to the Ongoing Epidemic

There is a significant lack of true transparency and complacency in the United States and worldwide concerning MRSA. "MRSA and antimicrobial...

Aug 06, 2019, 08:31 ET The Global Ongoing MRSA Epidemic

"MRSA infections are rampant in the United States in healthcare facilities and in the community. The ongoing MRSA (Methicillin-resistant...

Oct 02, 2018, 08:31 ET 10th Anniversary of World MRSA Day - A Call to Action

"MRSA must immediately become a top political priority- people are dying and suffering needlessly," states Jeanine Thomas, founder of World MRSA Day...

Sep 12, 2018, 08:31 ET Ongoing MRSA Epidemic - A Major Global Threat

World MRSA Day continues to remind the healthcare industry and politicians of the ongoing global MRSA epidemic, which is a public health disaster....

Aug 21, 2018, 08:49 ET MRSA Epidemic Continues to Be Ignored

"MRSA infections are rampant in the United States healthcare facilities and the ongoing MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus) epidemic...

Jul 31, 2018, 08:31 ET World MRSA Day Fights for Global Action and Awareness

The ongoing global MRSA epidemic, which is causing human suffering and loss of life continues to escalate. The majority of healthcare facilities in...

Sep 27, 2017, 08:31 ET World MRSA Day - The Ongoing MRSA Epidemic

The ongoing MRSA epidemic is a global public health crisis. MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus) - the antibiotic resistant form of...

Aug 16, 2017, 08:31 ET The Ongoing MRSA Epidemic Continues to be Ignored

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a current and dangerous global public health crisis. "The ongoing MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus...

Jun 13, 2017, 08:40 ET Ongoing MRSA Epidemic Fueling Antibiotic Resistance

Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA), the antibiotic resistant form of Staph, is rampant in U.S. healthcare facilities, in the...

Nov 11, 2016, 08:45 ET Advocates Rally to Fight Hospital Infections

MRSA Survivors Network, a Chicago-based nonprofit and global leader in the fight against methicillin- resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and...

Mar 30, 2016, 08:31 ET The MRSA Epidemic - Int'l MRSA Testing Week

MRSA is fueling the global antibiotic-resistant public health crisis due to the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in humans and in animals....

Oct 01, 2015, 08:31 ET World MRSA Day - 'A Call to Action'

"MRSA must immediately become a top political priority- people are dying and suffering needlessly," states Jeanine R. Thomas, founder of MRSA...

Sep 10, 2015, 08:31 ET World MRSA Day Raises the Alarm

We have a significant lack of transparency in the United States and worldwide concerning MRSA. "MRSA must immediately become a top political...

Jun 25, 2015, 08:31 ET MRSA Epidemic Fueling Antibiotic Resistance

Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA), the antibiotic resistant form of Staphylococcus aureus is rampant in U.S. healthcare facilities,...

Mar 17, 2015, 10:40 ET Fight MRSA - International MRSA Testing Week

"MRSA is the number one problem (a medical error) in U.S. healthcare facilities and greatly under reported," states Jeanine Thomas, founder and...

Oct 01, 2014, 08:31 ET World MRSA Day - The MRSA Epidemic

'The MRSA Epidemic – A Call to Action' is this year's global theme. United States government MRSA infection rates are vastly inaccurate and under...

Sep 17, 2014, 08:31 ET World MRSA Day - MRSA Screening Saves Lives

"MRSA is the number one pathogen that is killing patients in U.S. healthcare facilities and continues to spread in the community," states Jeanine R....

Aug 13, 2014, 08:31 ET MRSA is a Major Global Health Threat

Antibiotic resistance continues at an alarming rate with the indiscriminate overuse of antibiotics given to humans and animals. The number one...

Oct 02, 2013, 08:31 ET MRSA Survivors Rally for World MRSA Day

MRSA survivors along with physicians and lawmakers gathered for the Chicago-based nonprofit MRSA Survivors Network's 5th Annual World MRSA Day...

Sep 25, 2013, 08:31 ET MRSA Survivors Unite for World MRSA Day

MRSA Survivors unite on September 28, 2013 for the 5th Annual World MRSA Day Kickoff event and Global C. diff Summit. The event will educate the...