| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor SUPERBUG: Candida auris? No need to panic, health specialists say, after University Medical Center in New Orleans reported the first known instances in Louisiana of the drug-resistant yeast - an emerging global threat, in the view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevenention. Despite the “superbug” status given to C. auris, because it is so hard to kill, the specialists say the fungus doesn’t typically affect most people even if it is an issue for hospitals already taxed by COVID-19 patients and people who are hospitalized with complicated health problems. BURNING BRIGHT: Mourners held a candlelit vigil for Julia Dardar on Wednesday evening, just hours after the coroner's office officially identified the 36-year-old woman's body and determined she was beaten, strangled, dismembered and stuffed in a freezer inside a bus at a house in New Orleans' Florida neighborhood. REHAB: The strange case of Zion Williamson, the would-be superstar who has missed the New Orleans Pelicans' entire season thus far with a foot injury, turned stranger Wednesday with news that the 21-year-old forward is now working with a private strength coach who in August was fired after less than two months at LSU. Thanks for starting your day with us. The latest news is available all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 