Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that spreads through healthcare facilities, is gaining ground across the United States ...

Minnesota health officials say the state is currently dealing with the United States' "largest known outbreak" of a sexually ...

Sexually transmitted ringworm, known as trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, or TMVII, is a fungus that infects the skin.

Unlike most fungi that cause ringworm, TMVII is spread through close sexual contact and is more likely to cause inflammatory ...

Millions of bats in North America have died from white-nose syndrome, and a new study from the University of Waterloo ...

Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually transmitted fungal skin infection that can cause severe ringworm.

Michael Jackson's autopsy unveiled secrets about the condition of the star's body when he passed away - including tattoos on ...

A potentially deadly fungus has been spreading throughout Tennessee, health officials have warned. Over 35 cases of histoplasmosis, a lung infection caused by exposure to the fungus Histoplasma ...

A rare but potentially deadly fungal infection known as histoplasmosis is sickening a cluster of people in Tennessee. Dozens of histoplasmosis cases have been reported in middle Tennessee since last ...

One person who contracted it died. The fungus is commonly found in soil in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, and the illness is not contagious. By Adeel Hassan One death is being ...

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH) and the University of Crete, together with collaborators from Greece, Europe, the U.S., and India, have discovered a ...

An invasive drug-resistant fungus is spreading rapidly through U.S. hospitals and has become more threatening worldwide, earning the moniker “superbug,” according to researchers. But there is hope for ...