A dangerous fungal pathogen has proven no match for what may be one of the most useful plants in nature. Scientists studying ...

The climate crisis is rapidly expanding the global reach of life-threatening fungal infections, with rising temperatures enabling dangerous species to thrive in new regions, according to a new study.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Health officials in Montana confirmed the state's first-ever case of the fungal infection Candida auris this week. The fungal infection is multidrug resistant and is most often ...

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Fungal sinus infections—medically known as fungal sinusitis—occur when various fungi invade the sinuses, those air-filled cavities in the head that produce the mucus necessary for clear nasal ...

fungal organism in 1972. (Lucille K. Georg / ASSOCIATED PRESS) When most people think of dangerous infections, they picture bacteria or viruses. But for infectious disease specialists like Peter ...

Mucormycosis, a fungus infection caused by Mucorales, has a high mortality rates in those with weakened immune systems and those who have suffered severe trauma, such as burns, blast injuries or ...

Also helpful to note: The symptoms of a yeast infection tend to colonize your whole vulva (meaning, your external labia), causing irritation and itching throughout, whereas bacterial vaginosis is ...

When the fungus enters the body, the immune system sends white blood cells to the affected area to fight the infection and irritation.

A dermatophyte known as Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) has been identified as the cause of an emerging sexually transmitted fungal infection in four adults in the United States ...

Athlete’s Foot, Jock Itch, Ringworm—fungal infections go by many names but they all boil down to the same thing. Fungus is attracted to moisture, so areas of our bodies that tend to be a ...

The report doesn't note whether the fungal infection directly contributed to these patients' deaths or if they just happened to be infected at the time. As part of their treatments, the patients ...