USA Hockey Magazine published a great article about MRSA infections and hockey players.

"Bacteria can lurk on the equipment, which allows a means for infection to spread quickly among teammates, opponents and through an entire athletic program."

Read the entire story online to learn about the dangers of stinky equipment!

3.30.2009
Another Healthy Teen Dies of MRSA
The stories are just getting too common and too sad. Another healthy teen, 13-year-old Michael Literski of Frankford, Pennsylvania, died on February 16, 2009. He thought he had a bad cold or flu, but the autopsy revealed that it was a MRSA infection. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health does not believe that the staph infection was acquired at school; however, the family thought it important to inform the school district that their son had died of MRSA. To read more, click here.