The truth about drug-resistant superbugs sickening hospital patients is even worse than what the headlines suggest. A report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces a “shocking” increase in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections — which tripled from 2019 to 2023 and caused an estimated 1,100 deaths. But the ugly truth is, dirty hospitals are causing these deaths, not CRE.

CRE are bacteria new to the U.S. since 2001 that can only be treated with IV antibiotics, not oral medications. Half the time, not even IV medications work, and the patient dies.

The CDC reports that CRE spreads in hospitals because health care workers skip cleaning their hands between patients, and hospitals fail to clean rooms and medical equipment, even devices inserted in pa

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