CDC Confirms More Than 7,700 Cases of Multidrug-Resistant Fungus in 30 States

Candida auris, a type of yeast infection spread by contact, was first identified in Asia in 2009 and in the United States in 2015.

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

U.S. health officials confirmed that more than 7,700 cases of a deadly drug-resistant fungus were reported in the United States in 2025.

In an update posted on its website on Dec. 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that for all of last year, 7,702 cases of Candida auris were confirmed in 30 states.