Only four new antifungal drugs were approved over the last decade. The WHO urges for safer treatments and improved diagnostics, especially in low and middle-income countries, to address this ...

WHO said that fungal diseases, including drug-resistant infections like Candida, are increasingly affecting immunocompromised patients, such as those undergoing chemotherapy, living with HIV, or ...

auris as a fungal pathogen of critical priority. Similarly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn that "C. auris is an emerging fungus that can cause severe, often multidrug ...

Given its severity and resistance, the World Health Organization has listed C. auris as a fungal pathogen of critical priority. Similarly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn that "C.

The antifungal has a backbone structure similar to some other antifungal drugs but has two sugar molecules tacked onto its tail. Those sugars are important for how the molecule kills fungi ...

Over recent months, young people in a Co Down town have been hard at work creating a powerful anti-drug mural, sending a strong message of hope and resilience. The anti-drug initiative by Holywood ...

auris, as it not only is highly resistant to multiple antifungal drugs but also can withstand common hospital disinfectants. “CDC has deemed C. auris as an urgent AR [antimicrobial resistance ...

According to a study by the Manchester Fungal Infection Group, in 2022, approximately 6.5 million people were infected by a pathogenic fungus, and about 3.8 million died as a result – nearly twice as ...

The peptide's unique structure may also help circumvent another common bacterial defense, Travin said. To tie up a ribosome, an antibiotic first needs to get inside the bacterial cell. Many drugs ...

New cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states’ hospital systems. Candida auris, also called C. auris, was first identified in the U.S. in 2016.