Nevada is staring down a record wave of Candida auris infections, and Las Vegas is at the center of it. The statewide caseload of the multidrug-resistant “superbug,” which has been spreading in hospitals and long-term care facilities, jumped about a third in 2025, according to newly compiled state figures. The Division of Public and Behavioral Health’s tally through Dec. 31, 2025, shows 7,261 total detections, including roughly 2,324 clinical infections and 4,937 colonization cases. The surge has been concentrated in Las Vegas-area hospitals, where testing and infection-control teams say they are working to contain further spread.
Those figures surfaced after state data were obtained by local reporters, who found that Nevada’s total outpaced the Centers for Disease…..