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Extensively drug-resistant Shigella strains rise in US, CDC report finds
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that extensively drug-resistant strains of Shigella, a gut bacterium, made up 8.5% of U.S. samples with resistance data in 2023, up from none in 2011 through 2015. The report tracked nearly 17,000 samples collected between 2011 and 2023. Doctors and researchers in the U.S. and Britain say sexual contact among gay and bisexual men is helping drive the spread. Dr. Tyler Evans, an infectious disease physician, said the findings point to growing resistance rather than a surge in overall infections. According to the New York Post, Shigella infects nearly half a million people in the US each year.
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The CDC reported that extensively drug-resistant Shigella made up 8.5% of US samples with resistance data in 2023, up from none in 2011 through 2015.
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- The Washington Times
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- Fox News
The CDC report tracked nearly 17,000 Shigella samples collected between 2011 and 2023.
One outletFox News· Far Right
Shigella infects nearly half a million people in the US every year.
One outletNew York Post· Right
Doctors and researchers in the US and Britain say sexual contact among gay and bisexual men is helping drive the spread.
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Dr. Tyler Evans said there is no FDA-approved oral antibiotic for extensively drug-resistant Shigella.
One outletFox News· Far Right
Dr. Tyler Evans said the findings point to growing resistance rather than a surge in overall infections.
One outletFox News· Far Right
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Shigella infections are on the rise.
The New York Post and Fox News headlines say the infection is on the rise, and the New York Post says it is spreading more through sex. Dr. Tyler Evans, quoted by Fox News, says the findings point to a growing resistance problem, not a surge in overall infections.
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Headlines lead with alarm: the New York Post and Fox News stress spread and treatment difficulty, while The Washington Times reports the CDC figure directly, and the Far Right outlet Fox News uses the most dramatic wording.
Sensational language“Stomach-turning”The word is an emotional reaction rather than a description of the infection.More neutral: SeriousDisagree with this highlight? sexually transmitted infection is on the rise — and standard Absolutist framing“medicines are failing”The excerpt says the strains are harder to treat, so “failing” overstates the finding as a settled collapse.More neutral: medicines are becoming less effective against some strainsDisagree with this highlight?
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disturbing diseasesuperbugStomach-turningmedicines are failing
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disturbing diseaseMore neutral: disease
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Scientists are learning more about why the disturbing disease is spreading so quickly, and why it’s developing a resistance to treatment.
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superbugMore neutral: drug-resistant bacteria
“Superbug” is a dramatic media term where the accurate description is drug-resistant bacteria.
…transmitted diarrhea is on the rise — and it’s morphing into a drug-resistant superbug
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Stomach-turningMore neutral: Serious
The word is an emotional reaction rather than a description of the infection.
Stomach-turning sexually transmitted infection is on the rise — and standard medicines are…
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medicines are failingMore neutral: medicines are becoming less effective against some strains
The excerpt says the strains are harder to treat, so “failing” overstates the finding as a settled collapse.
Stomach-turning sexually transmitted infection is on the rise — and standard medicines are failing
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- rising drug resistance
- limited treatment options
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Sensational language“Stomach-turning”The word is an emotional reaction rather than a description of the infection.More neutral: SeriousDisagree with this highlight? sexually transmitted infection is on the rise — and standard Absolutist framing“medicines are failing”The excerpt says the strains are harder to treat, so “failing” overstates the finding as a settled collapse.More neutral: medicines are becoming less effective against some strainsDisagree with this highlight?
Shigella bacteria are becoming harder to treat as drug-resistant strains rise, and doctors warn Americans should be concerned but not panicked.
- The Washington TimesRight
Extensively drug-resistant Shigella climbs in U.S., CDC report finds
Extensively drug-resistant strains of Shigella, a gut bacterium long associated with day care outbreaks and travelers' illness, made up 8.5% of U.S. samples with resistance data in 2023, up from none during 2011 through 2015. Doctors and researchers in the U.S. …
- New York PostRight
Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise — and it’s morphing into a drug-resistant Sensational language“superbug”“Superbug” is a dramatic media term where the accurate description is drug-resistant bacteria.More neutral: drug-resistant bacteriaDisagree with this highlight?
The infection is evolving into something that's "close to untreatable," one expert said.
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New York Post, Oct 8, 1:34 PM EDT
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- The Washington TimesRightOct 9, 10:32 AM EDT
- Fox NewsFar RightOct 10, 12:28 PM EDT
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