Drug-resistant stomach bug spreading across US: ‘Serious public health alert’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a “serious public health alert,” warning of a nationwide spike in “extensively drug-resistant” shigellosis.
The highly contagious bacterial infection attacks the intestines and causes inflammatory diarrhea, according to the CDC’s “emergency and preparedness response.”
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