Cases and transmission of highly contagious fungal infections see dramatic increase between 2019 and 2021

Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic

The fungus, Candida auris, can be a deadly risk to fragile hospital and nursing home patients.

Montana doctor eyeing spread of potentially deadly Candida Auris fungus

Candida Auris is a type of fungal infection that was first discovered in Japan in 2009 and has since spread to over 30 countries. It first detected here in the US in 2016.

CDC warns of dangerous fungus spreading rapidly in US

U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study.The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote in the paper published Monday by Annals of Internal Medicine. Hospital workers were strained by coronavirus patients, and that likely shifted their focus away from disinfecting some ot…

Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic

U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote about the infections.

Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic

U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study.

Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it,...