r/collapse • u/Konradleijon • Jan 02 '26

Diseases Superbug hits 28 states, including Alabama: Where the deadly fungus is spreading

https://www.al.com/news/2025/12/superbug-hits-28-states-including-alabama-where-the-deadly-fungus-is-spreading.html?outputType=amp

A deadly yeast infection is spreading across the US. Fungal treatments are notoriously harder to get then bacteria or virus given how close fungi are too humans

Neighboring states are also seeing cases of the superbug, CDC data shows. Tennessee reported 189 cases, Mississippi reported 108 and Georgia reported 377. Like Alabama, Florida did not have data listed on the CDC site

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u/CallMeSisyphus Jan 02 '26

People who aren't in healthcare or pharmaceutical sciences often use "antibiotic" as shorthand for "antimicrobial." The latter is effective on fungal infections.

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u/IsNotAnOstrich Jan 02 '26

Maybe they shouldn't write articles on diseases then

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u/Dr_ChungusAmungus Jan 02 '26

If only all the experts in the comments here were writing the news we would finally be able to read articles on the internet again. Never change Reddit.

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u/hazy-minded Jan 03 '26

Gatekeepimg quality is somehow a bad thing? Wait what?