A fungus that grows as yeast, Candida Auris is popping up more in our state and across the nation. Health experts said the fungus can cause severe infections. One of the biggest problems with the ...

Candida auris, a type of yeast that spreads mostly in hospitals and senior care centers, can cause severe illness and death. Drug-resistant fungal infections like C. auris have been increasing ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A drug-resistant fungus has been found in 17 states, including Louisiana. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the fungus is called Candida ...

Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report in 2023. Cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been confirmed in at least 17 states so far this year, with the Midwest ...

There are, according to Dr. Scott Roberts, three problems with the fungus known as Candida auris. "The first is, it can be multidrug resistant," said Roberts, an infectious disease specialist at Yale ...

(NEXSTAR) – The number of Candida auris infections reported to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention this year has nearly tripled in the past three and a half months as health care providers ...

(NEXSTAR) – The deadly and drug-resistant fungus Candida auris is under close surveillance as health experts work to calm its spread. Candida auris, also called C. auris, was first identified in the U ...

A fungus that is often resistant to drugs has spread at an "alarming rate" through health-care facilities in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Candida auris is an ...