From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Sarah Bradley is a writer with six years of experience creating personal essays, reported features, and content related to health and parenting topics. William Truswell, MD, FACS, operates his own ...

A sustained increase in dermatophyte infections, particularly in humid and warm regions, continues to drive the demand for tinea pedis treatments. As healthcare professionals stress the importance of ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

If you've ever had nail fungus, you'll know it's one of those quiet little annoyances that can chip away at your confidence. Maybe it's the yellow tint that never seems to go away, or the way your ...

A News 9 viewer has questions regarding small patches of skin that can change color in the summertime. Dr. Lacy Anderson has more on how you can identify and treat what is known as tinea versicolor.

For decades, a grisly mystery has buzzed around one fly-killing fungi. No matter when the fungus infects a fly, it always dies at the same time of day. Death always comes at sunset. When molecular ...

A fatal fungus once thought to be a curse could potentially help fight disease. Scientists discovered molecules in a fungus linked to Tutankhamun's tomb that stop the proliferation of cancer cells and ...

The fungus labeled a "potential agroterrorism weapon" in a recent arrest touted by the Trump administration likely originated in North America and is already widely prevalent around the country, a ...