On May 22, 2011, the Joplin tornado struck with catastrophic force, claiming 158 lives and leaving countless others injured. Among the survivors was a then-16-year-old Steven Weersing, who was driving ...

The EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011 caused a lot of damage, but nobody could have predicted that it would have ...

Steven Weersing survived both the Joplin tornado and the potentially fatal fungus that spread among survivors — now he's ...

The family refused an autopsy. Secondary cutaneous zygomycosis is rare and results from hematogenous dissemination from a preexisting (usually noncutaneous) source. It presents as nodular ...