Fungus represents a “catastrophic threat” to the public
A deadly fungus is causing a “catastrophic threat” in the United States and has already killed at least 61 people in recent years.
Candida auris is considered a superbug, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that about 60 percent of people who have been infected by the fungus have died. So far, recorded cases have been mostly in New York and New Jersey, but Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director of the CDC, is warning that it is highly dangerous and may spread.
Schuchat told STAT News this week that the fungus represents a “catastrophic threat” to the public and is one of the “scariest threats” currently facing the nation.
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2 comments:
If this has been going on for years, why has the government not been working on it until just now? This is just one more way that Obummer tried to destroy this great nation, by having a CDC that worried about stupid things like gun violence and not important things like actual, you know, "catastrophic threats" to our nation. I fear that we have wasted a good opportunity to make this country safe.
It might help if the American Medical Association starts to recognize candida yeast or yeast syndrome as a "disease." My doctor has been telling me for several years that I must have "other things" wrong with me when in fact I have systemic candida infection. The yeast gets everywhere. It causes me to have a leaky gut, it causes lung infections, vaginal yeast infections, thrush in the mouth, have even had rectal yeast. Yet my doctor still insists it must be "other things." Because the AMA does not recognize this as a disease. I have found one doctor that will treat it and recognizes it for what it is but it costs 400.00 to go to him for the initial visit and he accepts no insurance because of course insurance wouldn't pay for it anyway if the AMA doesn't recognize it. It quickly becomes resistant to anti-fungal medications and I've had the best results treating it by eliminating sugar from my diet and taking supplements.
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