Medically reviewed by Marisa Garshick, MD A boil, also known as a furuncle, is a swollen, pus-filled growth on the skin that occurs when bacteria—even those normally found on your body—infect a group ...

But not everyone has a trainer watching his or her skin. The common bacteria Staphylococcus aureus is among the most common causes of skin infections. To prevent it, infectious disease experts suggest ...

Is that red bump a spider bite or could it be a staph infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus (MRSA)? MRSA, a newer type of staph infection, has been present in Iowa since at ...

If you've ever had a boil, then you know just how unpleasant these pus-filled bumps can be. Once they develop, they often become larger and more painful over time and are equally unpleasant when they ...

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 ...

Area health and school officials say hygiene education and taking basic precautions are the best ways to avoid outbreaks of the potentially deadly drug-resistant staphylococcal infection called ...

About 50 Pasadena school district students who have suffered staph infections are being asked to participate in a Harris County Health Department survey to try to determine why such cases in area ...