Here's some new research about MRSA and a possible connection with pets.

This comes with a warning.

Your pet may be a carrier of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.

Apparently, new evidence is pointing to the virus jumping from pets to people and back.

This is a heads up for older people and their caregivers since many seniors have companion pets.

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