For years, doctors and scientists have been warning about the rise of superbugs, or bugs that are resistant to antibiotics or other medicine. The New York Times reports that the first case of a superbug may have just arrived.
The disease in question is a fungus called Candida auris. It tends to hit those with weakened immune systems, like children and the elderly. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Preventation, known as the C.D.C., more than 90 percent of C. auris infections are resistant to at least one drug, and 30 percent are resistant to two or more drugs, earning it a rating of “urgent threat.”
Most frighteningly, most scientists are still at a loss as to where the superbug came from.
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