Research out of Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center suggests children are becoming infected with the superbug carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae much more frequently than in the recent ...

A new CDC report shows that infections caused by multi-drug-resistant bacteria known colloquially as “nightmare bacteria” surged in the United States from 2019 to 2023. Carbapenem-resistant ...

Arizona cases of a serious antibiotic-resistant infection known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, or CRE, are rising statewide and are at higher-than-normal levels so far in 2025, state data ...

CORRECTED September 30, 2025 // An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the two drugs which are effective against NDM-CRE. The article has been updated to state aztreonam-avibactam and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is spreading awareness to an increase in drug-resistant bacteria in its report, Annals of Internal Medicine. Infections related to the bacteria, called ...

Rapid identification of patients contaminated by “superbacteria” known as “carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae” (CRE), with early isolation of these patients, reduces transmission in hospital ...

Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a recent health alert. Known ...

(NewsNation) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm as cases of the drug-resistant superbug NDM-CRE continue to rise across the U.S. According to the agency, NDM-CRE is ...

Share on Pinterest The CDC issued a warning over a multi-drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” that’s been surging in the United States. Getty Images A new CDC report found a sharp increase in ...