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Author: BY ANDREW JACOBS AND MATT RICHTEL - Publish Date: September 12, 2019 at 06:54AM Drug-resistant germs, including Candida auris, prey on severely ill patients in skilled nursing facilities, a problem sometimes amplified by poor care and low staffing.

Author: RONI CARYN RABIN - Publish Date: August 6, 2019 at 07:00AM Duodenoscopes have sickened hundreds of patients in hospital outbreaks. Now some experts are demanding the devices be redesigned or taken off the market.

Author: MATT MCCARTHY - Publish Date: May 20, 2019 at 07:00AM There are trillions of bacteria living inside all of us. Why are we pretending they aren’t on our X-ray machines?

Author: ANDREW JACOBS and MICHAEL ADNO - Publish Date: May 17, 2019 at 07:00AM In its decision to approve two drugs for orange and grapefruit trees, the E.P.A. largely ignored objections from the C.D.C. and the F.D.A., which fear that expanding their use in cash crops could fuel antibiotic resistance in humans.

Author: AUSTIN FRAKT - Publish Date: April 29, 2019 at 07:00AM A defining symbol of a profession may also be teeming with harmful bacteria and not washed as often as patients might hope.

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: April 14, 2019 at 07:00AM Readers discuss the spread of a deadly fungal infection and the overuse of antimicrobial drugs.

Author: ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL - Publish Date: April 7, 2019 at 07:00AM Overuse of the medicines is not just a problem in rich countries. Throughout the developing world antibiotics are dispensed with no prescription required.

Author: MATT RICHTEL and ANDREW JACOBS - Publish Date: April 6, 2019 at 07:00AM The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.

Author: MATT RICHTEL - Publish Date: April 6, 2019 at 07:00AM C. auris is a mysterious and dangerous fungal infection that is among a growing number of germs that have evolved defenses against common medicines. Here are some basic facts about it.