Science & Medicine
CRE superbugs are becoming more widespread in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Feb. 19, 2015
CDC: Deadly, drug-defying CRE bacteria on rise in U.S. hospitals
March 5, 2013
Business
Well before the recent superbug outbreaks at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai hospitals, federal health officials had labeled deadly CRE bacteria an urgent threat.
March 6, 2015
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said it’s investigating whether patients with superbug infections are linked to contaminated medical scopes, similar to a recent outbreak at UCLA.
Feb. 28, 2015
Los Angeles County plans to require hospitals to begin reporting when patients are infected with a certain superbug so lethal that it can kill half its victims, health officials said Thursday.
Oct. 6, 2016
UCLA hospital officials said they began investigating the possibility of a deadly bacterial outbreak in mid-December, but one patient’s account suggests they missed a chance to discover the problem much earlier.
Superbugs -- germs that have evolved to become resistant to antibiotics and other medical treatments -- are on the loose, infecting more than 2 million people in the U.S. every year and killing at least 23,000.
Aug. 4, 2015
World & Nation
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said it has discovered that four patients were infected with a deadly superbug from a contaminated medical scope and 68 more people may have been exposed.
March 4, 2015
State Sen.
Oct. 10, 2016
Veterans Affairs Department officials are investigating whether patients have been exposed to antibiotic-resistant superbugs from tainted medical scopes in the wake of several hospital outbreaks.
March 13, 2015