The 'superbug' MRSA has apparently claimed another victim. A 12-year old boy in Brooklyn, New York died on Thursday. After the middle-school student's death, school officials urged parents to report any signs of antibiotic-resistant staph infections. Recent publicity surrounding this disease, caused in part by the study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the death of a 17-year old high school student in Virginia, is causing school districts, parents and the country to take notice. To read more, click here. A day after the Brooklyn boy died, school and health officials across Long Island stepped up awareness campaigns concerning MRSA. There will be a forum among county health officials and school superintendents next week to discuss ways to keep children healthy. County officials are asking school districts to report cases to the county Department of Health. To read more, click here.
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