Candida auris: deadly fungal infections spreading across US at ‘worrisome’ rate
Between 2020 and 2021 cases ofCandida auris doubled, with symptoms including antibiotic-resistant high fever with chillsPotentially deadly fungal infections withCandida auris are spreading rapidly in US healthcare facilities, with cases nearly doubling between 2020 and 2021, theUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.The number of cases rose by 44% to 476 in 2019, up from 330 in 2018, and subsequently by 59% to 756 in 2020 and by an additional 95% to 1,471 in 2021, the agency ’s researchers reported on Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Guardian staff and Reuters Tags: Health US news Fungi US healthcare Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
A deadly fungal infection is spreading in hospitals. Here’s what to know.
Here’s what to know about Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that the CDC says “presents a serious global health threat.” (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
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Cases of Dangerous Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections Are Spreading
TUESDAY, March 21, 2023 -- The hit HBO series " The Last of Us " portrays a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungal infection that hijacks human brains.
Back in the real world, there ’s an emerging fungal threat rampaging through the United States, a... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Health Highlights: March 21, 2023
Dangerous drug-resistant fungal infections spreading in U.S. The percentage of dangerous infections caused by C. auris has increased every year, and nearly doubled in 2021, researchers report. Read more
Good news or bad, patients want access to... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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'Urgent threat': Study reports dramatic increase in highly contagious fungal infection
The cases of a fungal infection, which could cause severe, invasive infections with high mortality rates, have soared during the Covid pandemic, according to new research. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
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Deadly Fungal Infections in U.S. Hospitals Are Up 95%
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking the rise of a deadly, treatment-resistant fungus that’s causing outbreaks in a growing number of health care facilities across the country.
New data compiled by a CDC research team, published Mar. 21 in Annals of Internal Medicine, show that Candida auris infections have increased dramatically in the U.S. in recent years. In 2021, national cases reported by health care facilities increased by 95%, and from 2019 to 2021, 17 states reported their first case. With infections recorded in a total of 28 states and the District of Columbia, these numbers ...
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Deadly fungal infection rapidly spreading in U.S. health facilities
Fungal infections from the yeast strain known as Candida auris tripled nationally from 476 in 2019 to 1,471 in 2021, according to CDC data. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
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Separating Fungi Facts From Fiction in 'The Last of Us'
(MedPage Today) -- In this video, Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, director of population health analytics at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, talks about the zombie fungal infection in the TV drama "The Last of Us." Jetelina, who also is the author... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
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No, You Shouldn ’t Be Afraid of Fungi
By now, you’ve probably heard about “zombie fungi”, which are able to puppet the behaviour of their insect hosts with magnificent precision. One such fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, infects carpenter ants. Once infected by the fungus, ants are stripped of their instinctive fear of heights and climb up the nearest plant. In due course the fungus forces the ant to clamp its jaws around the plant in a “death grip.” The fungus then digests the ant’s body and projects a stalk-like structure out of its head, from which spores shower down on ants passing below.
Unlike the fictional killer ...
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Health Highlights: Feb. 16, 2023
' The Last of Us ' : How likely is a fungal apocalypse? The TV show ' s outcome is very improbable, experts say, but it does highlight changes that make fungal infections a greater threat to human health in the real world. Read more
Do all older patients... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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‘A growing threat to human health’: we are ill-equipped for the dangers of fungal infections
About 2 million people die a year as a result of a core group of fungi, and the WHO is concerned we are unprepared for the futureThe year is 2003, and a species of Cordyceps fungus has made the leap from ants to humans, transforming its hosts into frenzied, bloodthirsty zombies that spread the infection to everyone they bite. The solution proposed by a leading mycologist in Jakarta, Indonesia, where the first cases were detected, is radical, but in her view, essential: bomb the entire city and everyone in it to stop the infection in its tracks.Last month, HBO ’s long-awaited post-apocalyptic series The Last of Us hit our...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Linda Geddes Tags: Fungi Biology Science Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research World Health Organization World news Society Source Type: news
COVID and Heart Attack in the Young; No Vax for Fungal Infections; Wilderness Trauma
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A possible link between COVID and a spike in heart attacks among young people. (Today)
Despite a growing prevalence of fungal infections, vaccine development continues to lag... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
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The ‘Last Of Us’ Zombie Fungus Pandemic Is Fiction, But Experts Warn Fungi Are A Major—And Growing
The horrifying zombie fungus disease that wiped out most of humanity in HBO’s hit adaptation of The Last of Us is inspired by a real group of fungi that pose no threat to humans, but experts warn fungal infections are already a major health threat that kill millions globally and are set to become…#hbo #fungal #justinbeardsley #universityofsydney #neilgow #universityofexeter #beardsley #cavendish #chytridfungi #northamerican (Source: Reuters: Health)
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The ‘Last Of Us’ Zombie Fungus Pandemic Is Fiction, But Experts Warn Fungi Are A Major—And Growing—Health Threat
Fungal infections are major killers and claim more lives each year than malaria, HIV and breast cancer, but already limited treatment options are at risk from growing antifungal resistance. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
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Vaccine that fights off range of fatal fungi is 100% effective at preventing severe infection
Aspergillus, Candida and Pneumocystis are those targeted by the shot tested by researchers at the University of Georgia. They cause the most fungal infections in the US of any strain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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