MRSA case confirmed at Ashe County Jail
Appalachian District Health Department has confirmed one current case of MRSA at Ashe County Jail. Health department staff has also confirmed that the Ashe County Sheriff and jail staff have addressed the situation with cleaning supplies, techniques, and procedures to appropriately address MRSA. Jail Captain Sharon Price said that there is another inmate being treated … Read more
Athletic trainers set infection-fighting guidelines
Skin infections are everywhere, says Dr. Steven Zinder, assistant professor of exercise and sport science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chair of the project. “We read about the effects of these diseases every day. Just recently, we lost a great athlete, Manute Bol from complications caused by a skin disease.”
