Ann Arbor: U.M. gets $7.5M US grant to study hospital disease
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan is undertaking a five-year, $7.5 million federal study of bacteria that cause an increasing number of serious infections in hospitals and nursing homes.
The National Institutes of Health grant is funding the research on the growing effect of the bacterium called Clostridium difficile (klohs-TRID’-ee-um dih-FIH’-sih-leh).
Scientists will seek the factors in the microbe and in patients that contribute to the disease’s spread. The university says about half-million Americans are infected each year.
Lead researcher Dr. Vincent Young says the work will look at genetic variations in bacteria that lead to serious infections and how antibiotics sometimes leave patients vulnerable to infection.
Port Huron: Police say second victim dies in machete attack
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — Port Huron police say a 50-year-old woman who was attacked with a machete last week has died from her injuries.
They say Laura Arnold died Saturday night.
She was attacked at a home in the city on Aug. 24.
Jorge Diaz Jr. has been charged with open murder, three counts of assault with intent to murder and arson of a dwelling.
The 34-year-old is being held without bond in the St. Clair County jail.
Fifty-six-year-old Johnnie Lee Grafton of Port Huron also was killed in the attack. Two others were injured.
