A Deadly, Drug-Resistant Fungus has Arrived in the US for the First Time

It’s a kind of yeast that drifts through hospitals, taking root in open wounds, and blood, and the nooks and crannies of people’s ears. It can weather all three major drugs doctors use to kill fungus. It’s almost impossible to distinguish from its less deadly cousins. And now, according to a CDC report, it’s arrived in the United States. Doctors … Continue reading →