A 'superbug' Fungus Is Spreading Across The Us

Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo
Fri, 05/19/2017 - 11:13am

Over the past nine months, the number of US cases of an emerging, multi-drug resistant fungus has ballooned from 7 to more than 122. What’s more, the fungus, Candida auris, seems to be spreading, according to a field report the Centers for Disease Control released Thursday.Read more...

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