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 A “World MRSA Day” is being pushed by a Chicago-based nonprofit known as the MRSA Survivors Network.

"As governments and world agencies continue to put their focus on swine flu and prepare to spend billions of dollars on it as they did with Avian flu; the true epidemic/pandemic, MRSA continues to be virtually ignored", says Jeanine Thomas, president of MRSA Survivors Network and the National Spokesperson for MRSA.

"It is unconscionable what has been allowed to happen and MRSA has been swept under the carpet in healthcare facilities for decades and the purpose of World MRSA Day is to raise awareness."

Her comments were included in a longer article that can be found in Medical News Today.

3M, Tec Labs, Cepheid, and Pfizer are among the U.S. health care companies that have signed on to the “World MRSA Day” campaign.  The Chicago group is focusing on the U.S. and U.K.  Some preliminary events are planned for October.

Meanwhile, the swine flu death earlier this month of 13-year old Matthew Davis of Buffalo, NY is coming in for attention because of the role methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) played in his death.   The boy was a healthy teenager before becoming “co-infected” with both swine flu and MRSA.

The Buffalo News has the story. 

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People who work closely with MRSA-infected animals are at risk of catching the bacteria, meaning farmers, veterinarians and their families are the most threatened.

And, MRSA is able to infect food but eating or handling produce carrying the superbug does NOT present an increased health hazard to humans.

Those are the among the findings of a study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).

"While food may be contaminated by MRSA there is currently no evidence that eating or handling contaminated food can lead to an increased health risk for humans," an EFSA statement said.

The organizations conducting the study said the focus on control of the superbug should be at the farm level.   There's more in the Food Production Daily.

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People who work closely with MRSA-infected animals are at risk of catching the bacteria, meaning farmers, veterinarians and their families are the most threatened.

And, MRSA is able to infect food but eating or handling produce carrying the superbug does NOT present an increased health hazard to humans.

Those are the among the findings of a study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).

"While food may be contaminated by MRSA there is currently no evidence that eating or handling contaminated food can lead to an increased health risk for humans," an EFSA statement said.

The organizations conducting the study said the focus on control of the superbug should be at the farm level.   There's more in the Food Production Daily. 

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 A decision by the Centre County Board of Commissioners to begin housing State of Pennsylvania prisoners in the local jail has bought out concerns that the newly arriving inmates could spread diseases like hepatitis C and MRSA or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.

Commissioner Steve Dershem supported the deal to take up to 25 state prisoners a day at $55 per day because the providing the service to the state could end up putting $250,000 a year into the county's coffers. He warned about the difficult economic times facing Centre County.

Commission Chairman Jon Eich, however, fought back after being on the losing end of an initial vote to take the state inmates. And, one of the issues he brought up was the likelihood of spreading disease.

In addition to expressing concerns over drugs and gangs from outside criminals establishing contacts with local residents doing time at the jail, Eich said:

“The fourth point which I neglected to mention, but is just as important, are illnesses that inmates from outside Centre County bring with them, particularly, hepatitis C and MRSA (staph),” he said. “I am concerned that our staff and inmates will be exposed to additional inmates carrying these illnesses — and that the county would end up paying for the treatment.”

Centre County has run its own prison since 1800.  The latest version was built over 24 "sink holes" in 2005 and today holds 259 inmates wearing the orange jumpsuits of the "Centre County Correctional Facility."  It is located at Bellefonte, PA, with a state prison nearby.

More about the dispute over MTSA fears can be found in the Centre Daily.

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