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Candida auris

08/26/2017 / By JD Heyes

This ONE thing you don’t expect to encounter when you go to the hospital can be the MOST dangerous

Overnight stays in the hospital these days, on average, are far fewer than they were even 10 years ago, thanks in large part to upgrades in outpatient care, the rise of alternative medical treatments and other improvements. Still, hospital admissions are certainly not a thing of the past. That said, the one thing you do […]

06/21/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Scary, infectious SUPERBUG just spread to five more U.S. states, including some in the Midwest

A deadly, hard-to-spot “superbug” yeast is rapidly infiltrating American hospitals. In June 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned clinics about the emergence of a new multidrug-resistant yeast strain called Candida auris. Two months later the first seven cases of a C. auris infection were recorded in the United States. The […]

03/21/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Hospitals in New York State are witnessing a deadly drug resistant fungal infection outbreak

More than 30 cases of infection from a deadly fungal superbug have now been confirmed in the United States, with 28 of the 35 reported cases occurring in hospitals located in New York State. Last year, health officials warned that cases of the highly drug-resistant fungus, Candida auris, might soon appear in the United States. […]

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