Staph infection count rises in Anne Arundel high schools

Reported staphylococcus cases have risen to 28, resulting in four of the 12 Anne Arundel high schools being hit this year ? so far.

“High school students who do not practice good hygiene and have breaks in the skin are at a greater risk,” Health Officer Frances Phillips said, of the county?s Department of Health, at a newsconference Tuesday in the Parham Building in Annapolis.