What Is a 'Superbug' Infection and Why Do People Catch it?

February 20, 2015       TOP STORY What Is a 'Superbug' Infection and Why Do People Catch it? It shouldn't happen - someone goes into the hospital to get better and instead comes out with a potentially deadly "superbug" infection.     Keep Reading             UCLA Superbug Outbreak: How Endoscopes Got Dirty How hard is it to clean the endoscopes linked to an outbreak of superbugs at UCLA? Very, says one expert.     Keep Reading       UCLA Superbug Outbreak Called No Threat to Public Seven patients were infected with CRE - a drug-resistant bacteria - and two died after endoscopic procedures at a UCLA hospital.     Keep Reading           Peanut Allergy Warning: Hundreds of Products Recalled Hundreds of products are being pulled from store shelves after traces of peanut were found in ground cumin spice.     Keep Reading       Watch Out for Endoscopes Linked to Superbug Outbreak, FDA Says A medical device linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant superbugs at a UCLA hospital is particularly hard to clean, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.     Keep Reading         Precious Photos Recovered   Read   New Diet Proposals: Eat Your Veggies, Have Some Coffee   Read   Nearly 180 May Have Been Exposed to 'Nightmare Bacteria'   Read       More Stories     Breast Cancer Cocktail Buys More Than a Year of Life > CDC Ready to Vaccinate 6,000 Against Ebola in Sierra Leone > Measles Case Triggers Student Quarantine > Here's Why Pot Gives People the Munchies > Kristen Bell: Get Vaccinated If You Want To Hold My Kids >