This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine. Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per ...

Low levels of albumin, a protein found in blood, are associated with poor clinical outcomes for people with the fungal disease mucormycosis.

In mid-2021, a deadly fungal disease called mucormycosis began surging in India’s crowded hospitals. Often referred to as ‘black fungus’, and caused by various common mould species, mucormycosis ...

Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per year, mostly in California and Arizona. Two decades ...

This microscope photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Fusarium sp. fungal organism in 1972. Lucille K. Georg / ASSOCIATED PRESS When most people think of dangerous ...

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Infectious diseases expert George Thompson has been studying and treating fungal diseases for over two decades. He monitors their spread, symptoms and relative risks. Lately, he has been more ...

A rare fungal infection thought to mainly occur in the northern Midwest and parts of the Southeast is more common in other parts of the U.S. than expected, new research published Wednesday finds. The ...

In HBO’s hit TV series The Last of Us, mind-altering fungi turn most of humanity into shambling zombies. Well, I’ve got good news and bad news. Most scientists say there’s no chance of a zombie ...

Roses do not have thorns; they have prickles. But there ARE “thorns” in the rose garden. Their names are botrytis, black spot, rust, downy mildew, anthracnose and cerospora leaf spot. They are all ...

Clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease risk. A study published September 2 in the journal PLOS Biology ...

The cross-trophic networks between protists and (A) fungi and (B) bacteria. Structural equation models showing the contrasting patterns of protists on the accumulation of (C) fungal and (D) bacterial ...