The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica has issued a warning about a heightened risk of histoplasmosis associated with caving activities. Costa Rica is regarded as endemic for the disease, attributed to the ...

DURING the fall of 1962 an epidemic of histoplasmosis occurred in Mason City, Iowa. The source of the infection was a starling roost in the center of town, and the epidemic resulted when heavy ...

The diagnosis: Both patients — who were not affiliated in any way but were from the same area — were diagnosed with a rare fungal lung infection called histoplasmosis. This condition occurs when ...

Access by the public and the Clinton County Clerk’s Office to courthouse files has been restricted by the state of Iowa, due ...

The men, who were based in Rochester, developed fatal cases of histoplasmosis: a lung infection that is caused by breathing in spores of the harmful Histoplasma fungus. The pair, who were not ...