NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat

  • Written by Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Mycology, University of Pittsburgh
This is a medical illustration of an drug-resistant fungus, _Aspergillus fumigatus_. Stephanie Rossow/CDC

In 2013 I took care of a gentleman who underwent surgery for what all his physicians, including me, thought was liver cancer. Surgery revealed that the disease was a rare but benign tumor, rather than cancer. As you might imagine, he and his...

Read more: Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat

More Articles ...

  1. Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous president
  2. Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader
  3. Why saying 'OK boomer' at work is considered age discrimination – but millennial put-downs aren't
  4. So you want to be an autocrat? Here's the 10-point checklist
  5. Is there hope for a Hong Kong revolution?
  6. Long wait times in ERs drive up costs, signal health care distress
  7. Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up
  8. Relax, Devin Nunes – theater is essential to politics
  9. Why Hindu nationalists are cheering moves to build a temple, challenging a secular tradition
  10. How gene-edited white blood cells are helping fight cancer
  11. Why the nation should screen all students for trauma like California does
  12. Did bees live in the time of dinosaurs?
  13. Why do teachers make us read old stories?
  14. How to boost recycling: Reward consumers with discounts, deals and social connections
  15. How rich people like Gordon Sondland buy their way to being US ambassadors – 5 questions answered
  16. Chile's political crisis is another brutal legacy of long-dead dictator Pinochet
  17. How rich people like Gordon Sondland buy their way to being US ambassadors – 4 questions answered
  18. What is an oligarch?
  19. What the battle over control of PG E means for US utility customers
  20. Tons of acorns? It must be a mast year
  21. Do we actually grow from adversity?
  22. Proposed asylum fees are part of a bid to make immigrants to the US fund their own red tape
  23. The Democrats are running more female veterans for office than ever before – but can they win?
  24. Haiti protests summon spirit of the Haitian Revolution to condemn a president tainted by scandal
  25. How scientists are combating 'superbugs': 4 essential reads
  26. Cities and states take up the battle for an open internet
  27. Dwindling tropical rainforests mean lost medicines yet to be discovered in their plants
  28. How much credit should corporations get for the advancement of LGBTQ rights?
  29. Democratic candidates want to boost school funding – research shows that will help low-income students
  30. Urban unrest propels global wave of protests
  31. Is it ethical to keep pets and other animals? It depends on where you keep them
  32. Curious Kids: Why do people look into space with telescopes but not binoculars?
  33. Why telling people with diabetes to use Walmart insulin can be dangerous advice
  34. Impeachment: Two quotes that defined the first day of public hearings
  35. Climate change fueled the rise and demise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, superpower of the ancient world
  36. Firearm-makers may finally decide it's in their interest to help reduce gun violence after Sandy Hook ruling
  37. What is a caliph? The Islamic State tries to boost its legitimacy by hijacking a historic institution
  38. House impeachment inquiry may help restore the political and social norms that Trump flouts
  39. How higher ed can deal with ethical questions over its disgraced donors
  40. Could the Hyde Amendment be repealed in 2020?
  41. Could the Federal government start paying for abortions after the 2020 elections?
  42. DACA argued at the Supreme Court: 6 essential reads
  43. DACA heads to the Supreme Court: 6 essential reads
  44. To stop police shootings of people with mental health disabilities, I asked them what cops – and everyone – could do to help
  45. What Ukrainians think about Trump and his 'quid pro quo' in 3 charts
  46. Ukrainians are divided over Trump's 'quid pro quo'
  47. Law-and-order or conspiracy? How political parties frame the impeachment battle will help decide Trump's fate
  48. Apollo 12: Fifty years ago, a passionate scientist's keen eye led to the first pinpoint landing on the Moon
  49. Can the Paris Agreement on climate change succeed without the US? 4 questions answered
  50. Data science could help Californians battle future wildfires