A recent study from the CDC found a nearly 70% increase in the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE).

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 ...

CHICAGO -- "Nightmare bacteria" with unusual resistance to antibiotics of last resort were found more than 200 times in the United States last year in a first-of-a-kind hunt to see how much of a ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Cases of the so-called “nightmare bacteria” have shot up across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A CDC study found an increase ...

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 ...

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 and ...

Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. Bacteria that are ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning of the surge in infections in the U.S. of a drug-resistant bacteria called NDM-CRE. In 2020, about 12,700 infections and 1,100 deaths in ...

(AP) – “Nightmare bacteria” with unusual resistance to antibiotics of last resort were found more than 200 times in the United States last year in a first-of-a-kind hunt to see how much of a threat ...

North Carolina faces a growing threat as drug-resistant bacteria cases surge, raising concerns among health officials.

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The rate of carbapenem-resistant infections rose from just under 2 per 100,000 people in 2019 to more than 3 per 100,000 in 2023 — an increase of 69%. But the rate of NDM cases rose from around 0.25 ...