CDC seeks to calm schools over ‘superbug’ - MSNBC

The headlines are disturbing — schools closing for disinfection, a 17-year-old dead from a drug-resistant "superbug." But health officials said on Friday it is no new emergency and the best way to deal with the bacteria is simply to wash your hands.

The bug causing most of the concern is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA — a version of an everyday bacteria that causes pimples, sinus infection and, in rare cases, meningitis and blood infections....