Gay Men More Likely to Contract 'Superbug'

TUESDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Sexually active gay men are much more likely than others to be infected by a highly resistant strain of staph bacteria, warns a study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

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