Peter Redweik’s brutal infection was quelled by a medication so powerful that doctors use it sparingly. Yet he continued to ...

Many have the habit of using damp garments in monsoon because they are less soaked than others, but this increases the risk of fungal infections.

In early animal studies, the NXT-2 vaccine has looked effective against both life-threatening and common fungal infections.

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency - and in patients and places doctors never used ...

The infection soon spread to his brain, causing fungal meningitis. The condition is marked by potentially deadly inflammation of the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts —and the world is not prepared.

The researchers predict that the fungus’ prevalence could increase by 77% by the year 2100, potentially exposing millions of people in Europe to the infection.

Moreover, the fungus has developed resistance to any anti-fungal drug treatments. And while healthy people will usually fight off infection, those already sick in hospitals are at much higher risk.

Two men have died in New York after attempting to grow cannabis in bat excrement. The men, based in Rochester, New York, died after contracting a rare fungal infection in their lungs from the bat ...

A new test which creators say could one day save the lives of people suffering from a deadly fungal infection is being developed at the University of Exeter. Mucormycosis, commonly known as black ...

While those more common fungal infections can be transmitted through skin-to-skin contact or from touching infected objects like used towels or sheets, experts say TMVII behaves a little differently.

WHO’s report on antifungal drugs highlights that, in the past decade, only four new antifungal drugs have been approved by regulatory authorities in the United States of America, the European ...