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Combatting bacterial and viral infections is getting tougher because of their growing resistance to drugs. Antibiotic drugs can no longer be counted on to conquer nasty bacteria. Antivirals don't always overpower the viruses. This is a huge problem but it is one that widely acknowledged and researched.
There's an additional medical challenge though, that matters a lot. Namely, drug-resistant fungi.
Yep, fungi.
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Combatting bacterial and viral infections is getting tougher because of their growing resistance to drugs. Antibiotic drugs can no longer be counted on to conquer nasty bacteria. Antivirals don't always overpower the viruses. This is a huge problem but it is one that widely acknowledged and researched.
There's an additional medical challenge though, that matters a lot. Namely, drug-resistant fungi.
Yep, fungi.
It's a topic that doesn't get discussed much — and that worries Paul Verweij, professor of clinical mycology at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He says there's a "silence surge" in drug-resistant fungi and that it's mostly happening under-the-radar.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117632/fungi-drug-resistant-yeast-infection
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Combatting bacterial and viral infections is getting tougher because of their growing resistance to drugs. Antibiotic drugs can no longer be counted on to conquer nasty bacteria. Antivirals don't always overpower the viruses. This is a huge problem but it is one that widely acknowledged and researched.
There's an additional medical challenge though, that matters a lot. Namely, drug-resistant fungi.
Yep, fungi.
Bring on the super bugs, let the rich figure it out after they've drowned the rest of us.
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It's a topic that doesn't get discussed much — and that worries Paul Verweij, professor of clinical mycology at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He says there's a "silence surge" in drug-resistant fungi and that it's mostly happening under-the-radar.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117632/fungi-drug-resistant-yeast-infection
@HopelessDemigod I bet he's a fungi at parties
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