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• Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Found on Nursing Home Residents’ Skin: Study

  March 5, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that colonies of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are found on the skin of many nursing home residents, creating serious infection risks.

• Treatment-Resistant Infections More Common Among Nursing Home Ventilator Patients: Study

  October 20, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study reveals both hospital and nursing home patients on ventilators are frequently infected with treatment-resistant "superbugs", with the latter facing risks several times higher than their hospitalized peers.

• Drug Resistant Fungal Pathogen Linked to High Hospital Death Rates: CDC Report

  June 14, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A CDC study warns of the increasing spread of C. auris infections throughout the U.S. healthcare system, which is often treatment-resistant and lethal.

• Treatment-Resistant Candida auris Infections Spreading Through U.S. Hospitals, CDC Warns

  March 22, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  The CDC warns that treatment-resistant Candida auris infections are spreading rapidly through the U.S. healthcare system.

• “Super Fungus” Infection Outbreaks Reported in Nursing Home in D.C., Hospitals in Dallas, CDC Warns

  July 23, 2021

  Russell Maas

  The CDC warns of an outbreak of a nearly untreatable fungal infection in hospitals and nursing homes in Texas and D.C.

• Deadly Candida Auris Fungi Are Emerging World Threat: Scientific American Reports

  May 19, 2021

  Martha Garcia

  A new report warns that fungi are an emerging infectious threat, which is being accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

• Nursing Home Neglect, Low Staffing, Helping To Spread Dangerous Drug-Resistant Infection: Report

  September 17, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Nursing homes and long-term care facilities are emerging as a major vector for the spread of drug-resistant candida auris infections, due to neglect and understaffing, according to a new report.

• Drug-Resistant Yeast Infection Spreading Through Hospitals Nationwide, CDC Warns

  April 5, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  A potentially deadly type of yeast infection is being spread through hospitals in the U.S. and resists many types of drug treatments, according to a CDC warning.

• Deadly Hospital Fungal Infections May Be Spreading in U.S., CDC Warns

  November 7, 2016

  Martha Garcia

  The CDC is warning that a new, potentially deadly and antibiotic-resistant fungal infection may be spreading through U.S. hospitals.