Hospitals face mounting crisis as superbug infections spread unchecked

Hospitals face mounting crisis as superbug infections spread unchecked

A CDC study shows a 460% surge in deadly NDM superbug infections, exposing urgent gaps in testing, treatment, and hospital infection control.

US Hospitals Face 70% Surge in Deadly CRE Superbugs Post-COVID

In the corridors of America’s hospitals, a silent threat is escalating, one that health experts are dubbing “nightmare bacteria.” These are strains of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), microbes that have evolved to defy some of the most potent antibiotics in modern medicine. According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, infections from these superbugs surged by nearly 70% between 2019 and 2023, a st…