New Skin Infection Concerns Doctors, Homosexual Activists
CNSNews.com) - Public health officials in California are alerting male homosexuals to the dangers of a new skin infection that is communicable during sex, but some activists charge they're not doing enough to prevent its spread.
The San Francisco Health Department has sent out informational bulletins on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), or "staph," to chiropractors, masseurs and gymnasium and sex-club operators, alerting them to increases of the infection. Officials also have held informational forums at homosexual community centers.
More recently, Los Angeles health officials also have identified an increase in MRSA among male homosexuals.
Officials, however, can't provide numbers of staph infections because MRSA is not a reportable disease in California.
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