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Drug-resistant stomach bug spreading across US: ‘Serious public health alert’

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Feb 28, 2023
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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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