Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that has spread rapidly through U.S. healthcare facilities since it was first reported ...

A fungal superbug is spreading through hospitals and nursing homes at an 'alarming rate,' with the CDC recently calling it an ...

While C. auris may not a serious threat to healthy people, it is becoming more frequent, particularly in hospitals, where it ...

Trump’s newest pick for CDC Director isn’t a medical doctor. But that could be a strength, rather than a weakness.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new class of antibiotics for treating uncomplicated urinary tract ...

President Donald Trump selected acting Director Susan Monarez to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here’s three things to know about her service and her selection.

Susan Monarez, the current acting director of the CDC, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next director ...

Monarez will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, CDC's parent agency.

Monarez was named CDC’s acting director after serving as the deputy director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for ...

New cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states’ hospital systems.

Biofilms work so well, in fact, that they can increase antibiotic resistance hundreds to thousands of times above what’s normal, Zaman said. “Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they ...

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found. Bacteria exposed to these ubiquitous fragments, known as ...