CDC SAYS CASES OF LETHAL FUNGUS TRIPLED IN RECENT YEARS. It can cause severe infections and death in those who are immunocompromised or have underlying medical issues and indwelling devices, ...

The CDC findings were reported March 20, the same day that study in Annals of Internal Medicine said cases of the dangerous fungus had tripled in the U.S. over the last three years, and that 27 ...

While the number of U.S. cases of Candida auris tripled between 2020 and 2022, few states have seen such rampant spread as New York, where a 2013 case was retroactively identified as America's ...

CDC SAYS CASES OF LETHAL FUNGUS TRIPLED IN RECENT YEARS. This undated photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri ...

In a CDC paper published by the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, March 20, 2023, U.S. cases of the dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now ...

A fungus that is often resistant to drugs has spread at an "alarming rate" through health-care facilities in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Candida auris is ...

In 2023, the CDC identified it “an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities.” To read more about C ...

The fungus is also causing serious infections in patients in New Jersey. The state went from reporting 17 new clinical cases in 2016 to 75 new clinical cases in 2023, according to the CDC.

The CDC is falling far short of its core mission of halting contagious diseases — but in battling this dangerous new infection, RFK Jr. can get the agency back on track.

Moreover, the fungus has developed resistance to any anti-fungal drug treatments. And while healthy people will usually fight off infection, those already sick in hospitals are at much higher risk.