CDC Sounds the Alarm as Hospital Workers Struggle to Contain ‘Urgent Threat’ That Has a 30-60% Kill Rate

A drug-resistant fungus is on the rise in American hospitals, targeting patients who already reeling from illness.

New cases have been identified in Georgia and Florida hospitals, according to The Hill.

Candida auris has been in the U.S. since 2016, but cases have increased annually through 2023, the most recent year for which the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have data.

“We’ve had four people at one time on and off, over the past few months, and in years past, it was unusual to have one or even two people with Candida Auris in our hospital,” Dr. Timothy Connelly at Memorial Health in Savannah said, according to WJCL-TV.

JoAnna Wagner from the Georgia Department of Public Health said Georgia has had more than 1,300 cases through February. […]

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