Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: How concerned should we be about Candida auris fungus?

FILE – This undated photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish …

FILE – This undated photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a CDC laboratory. In a CDC paper published by the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, March 20, 2023, U.S. cases of the dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it. (Shawn Lockhart/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP, File)

by: Pete Zimmerman

Posted: Mar 21, 2023 / 03:37 PM CDT

Updated: Mar 21, 2023 / 03:37 PM CDT

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins guest host Lisa Dent to talk about a number of different medical stories making news including a deadly fungus spread rapidly during the pandemic, the rise in other respiratory viruses that are around right now, the encouraging sign that we are getting back to a normal way of living, the latest on the origins of COVID, and what the future looks like now that most people in the U.S have some sort of immunity.