The CDC found more than 200 cases in 2017 of unusual resistance genes in “nightmare bacteria” that can cause difficult-to-treat or potentially untreatable infections, according to a CDC Vital Signs ...

The U.S. has seen a dramatic increase in a dangerous type of drug-resistant bacteria. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that both infections and deaths have been rising due ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (AP) — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report ...

US health officials are warning of an increase in rare bacterial illnesses than can lead to meningitis and possible death. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert to US doctors ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracing an upsurge of a bacteria linked to a recent rise in respiratory infections in young children, according a news release. Since late spring, CDC ...

According to the USA Today, the CDC admitted on Tuesday for the first time that its labs had been sanctioned for additional secret federal enforcement actions six times because of violations in the ...

Drug-resistant infections are on the rise in the U.S., a new CDC report found. Researchers are calling it a "grave danger." Bacteria that are difficult to treat due to the so-called NDM gene primarily ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen years after building a state-of-the-art lab for the world's most dangerous germs, the nation's top public health agency is asking for more than $400 million to build a new one ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning doctors to be on the lookout for deadly flesh-eating bacteria that may be in waters of the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast. The bacteria ...

Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like something out of a horror movie. But unfortunately, it’s a real thing. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning healthcare providers to be on the ...

ATLANTA — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from scientists with the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control ...