The global burden and death toll of fungi has substantially climbed over the past decade, new research finds. The study estimates that fungal infections help kill nearly 4 million people annually—almost double the amount estimated by similar research in 2012. Co-infections like HIV and tuberculosis, a lack of speedy and reliable diagnostic testing, and growing antifungal resistance are thought to be major contributors to these deaths.
reporter: tonight, attorneys announcing a class-action lawsuit against seattle children s hospital, claiming young patients were infected by aspergillus mold due to negligent maintenance of the air handling system. the hospital acknowledging last month at least 14 patients were sickened by the mold since 2001, including aiden wills, diagnosed with aspergillus fungal infection in january of 2009 after undergoing a procedure. he died two months later. simply put, we failed. reporter: in all, six patients died after becomi ooking back, we should have made the connection sooner. reporter: the hospital has since taken several of its operating rooms out of service after detecting dangerous levels of aspergillus in the air filtration system, causing them osor outsource operations for thousands of patients aspergillu common md found in soil and dust, inhaled by millions every day. for most of us, getting exposed on a issue.basis
further his political campaign and he cannot be unbiased about this. jillian: that response comes after buttigieg said all police work takes place in the shadow of racism. officer ryan o neil is accused of shooting and killing eric logan last month. investigators say logan was armed with a knife. doctors say a mole infection is to blame for killing a patient at a children s hospital. the patient, one of six people to develop an infection at seattle children s hospital over the past year. discovered aspergillus mold in may. people were weak immune systems or lung disease have increased risk of getting sick. several operating rooms at the hospitals are closed. the fbi is investigating a major security breach at u.s. air force base. documents allegedly taken from ohio s wright patterson air base by a contractor. police finding them during a search of his home on unrelated drug warrant. it s unclear what type of