The rise of a deadly superfungus could be linked to global warming | Science

Scientists have a new theory on the origin of a mysterious superfungus. In 2009, a mushroom highly resistant to drugs, called Candida auris seemed to be out of nowhere. Since then, it has spread to more than 30 countries, causing deadly outbreaks in hospitals and retirement homes. Now scientists argue that this could have been driven by global warming, The Washington Post reports. One of the strangest things about C. auris because it appeared on three continents around the same time, but the rise in temperatures on a global scale makes it possible to link the points, according to the researchers mbio. They think that the fungus has become dangerous because it has adapted to grow at warmer temperatures, closer to those of the human body.