If you've ever experienced severe food poisoning, you know how debilitating it can be, and now a common culprit is getting tougher to beat. Drug-resistant Shigella is on the rise, making a nasty bacterial infection harder to treat than ever before.
Drug-resistant Shigella infections are increasing, raising alarms among health officials.
The CDC reported a significant rise in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections, jumping from 0% in 2015 to 5% in 2022.