(THE CONVERSATION) – In late March 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted the threat posed by a rapidly spreading fungus called Candida auris that is causing infections ...

Cases of a potentially deadly fungus have risen to an alarming rate — sparking a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it is an "urgent threat" in a recent release ...

A deadly fungal infection has been spreading at an “alarming rate” across the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that candida auris, a drug-resistant ...

Before Candida auris was identified in 2009, most invasive candida infections were caused by Candida albicans. For the most part, healthy people do not have to worry about invasive candida infections.

New research shows that eosinophils, immune cells usually linked to allergies, also play a protective role against Candida ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus that can cause outbreaks in healthcare facilities is an "urgent threat," according to the Centers for Disease Control after a new study showed it has been spreading at ...

Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. A: Candida auris is a dangerous fungus that has seen a ...

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local healthcare officials are putting out warnings about Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus that the CDC says “presents a ...

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed the fungus Candida auris is spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities. Also known as C. auris, reports of cases ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning about a deadly fungus spreading across the country at an alarming rate. The number of infections has tripled over the last ...