The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) recently reported their first case of Candida auris (C. auris) infection. In this video, I go over that case and look a general info about the fungus,...

The first cases of Candida auris (C. auris) have been identified in Southern California, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAC DPH). According to health officials, the...

More than 250 confirmed and probable Candida auris cases have been reported in the United States since July 31, 2017. As of June 30, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put the...

In what is being described as “The Teddy Roosevelt effect,” a deadly fungus in the Pacific Northwest may have arrived from Brazil via the Panama Canal, according to a new study led by the Translational...

In recent years, hospitals nationwide have been reporting an increase in life-threatening illnesses resulting from a deadly fungal infection caused by the yeast Candida auris that can enter the bloodstream....

More than 20 additional Candida auris (also called C. auris) cases have been reported in the US in the past two months since our last update in May. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...

In an MMWR update today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now reports 77 cases of emerging, and frequently multidrug-resistant yeast, Candida auris through May 12, 2017 in seven...

Hospital officials at the Santo Tomas Hospital in Panama have reported three patients who have tested positive for Candida auris, according to a TVN-2 report (computer translated). Health Minister...

A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that much of the signature taste in wines from various regions of the globe can be attributed to the strains of yeast that live on the grapes, and subsequently...

Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. reported this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designated isavuconazole as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) for the oral and intravenous treatment...