CDC Warns of Dangerous Fungal Infection Spreading Through US at ‘Alarming Rate’

CDC Warns of Dangerous Fungal Infection Spreading Through US at ‘Alarming Rate’
This undated photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a CDC laboratory. The Canadian Press/Shawn Lockhart-CDC via AP
Katabella Roberts
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning of an increasingly drug-resistant emerging fungus that the health agency says presents a “serious global health threat.”

Candida auris is a rare fungal disease that is easily spread through contact with contaminated surfaces or from person-to-person and can cause severe illness in hospitalized patients and those with weakened immune systems, according to health officials.

Katabella Roberts
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