A 29-year-old chef died in Michigan after battling a rare fungal disease.Ian Pritchard contracted blastomycosis, a fungus-borne illness, sometime before Thanksgiving last year, reportedNew York Post.

Some fungal diseases in humans no longer respond to medicines, which increases the risk of severe illness and death as well disease spread, according to a new report. (Rebecca Conway/Getty Images ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results show that this material -- which is manufactured with ...

Patients who received infliximab, adalimumab, and etanercept were at increased risk for various fungal infections, with the most common infection being histoplasmosis. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α ...

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 ...

Toenail fungus often starts with mild nail discoloration or lifting. It’s not usually serious, but the nails may thicken, become brittle, or fall off without treatment. Nail fungus ...

But for infectious disease specialists like Peter Chin-Hong, one of the most insidious threats lurking in hospitals and clinics today is fungal. Chin-Hong’s case list is long: a healthy 29-year ...

Could the next public health crisis be caused by a fungus? Such an emergency is the basis of the post-apocalypse TV drama series The Last Of Us, which has returned for its second season on Sky ...

But for infectious disease specialists like Peter Chin-Hong, one of the most insidious threats lurking in hospitals and clinics today is fungal. Chin-Hong’s case list is long: a healthy 29-year ...