Health News from Medical News Today: New MRSA Staph Strand Found In UK Cows; Pasteurized Milk Is Safe

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. New MRSA Staph Strand Found In UK Cows; Pasteurized Milk Is Safe 3 Jun 2011, 5:00 pm A new variant of meticilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus found in cow's milk is genetically different to existing MRSA strains from the United Kingdom (UK). The original scare had Europeans not drinking milk, but a released study mentions that cows may simply be hosts to this new strand and normal processes of milk, such as pasteurization, will kill any risk to humans. The study's authors state: "Such evidence suggests that a bovine reservoir exists, from which mecALGA251 MRSA is transmitted to people... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.