In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, despite his busy work schedule, Tran Minh Phuc (43 years old, an IT engineer in ...

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 deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil. Genetic evidence and trade data suggest the fungus hitchhiked across the world ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus. Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist at ...

A new blood test is designed to find mold infections deep inside the body, sparing patients from tissue biopsies. For people with weakened immune systems, common molds lurking in the environment -- in ...

Cases of histoplasmosis are surging in Tennessee as officials race to find the source of the outbreak Getty Dozens have been sickened by an ongoing outbreak of histoplasmosis in Tennessee A health ...

Cases of a potentially lethal fungus have stabilized in Nevada, according to public health officials, who urge continued vigilance against the drug-resistant “superbug.” Nevada’s first case of Candida ...

A proposed law introduced in Congress this week aims to require private military housing companies to pay for expenses involving mold, including relocating families when their homes become ...

Nevada has reported more cases of a drug-resistant fungus than any other state, continuing a pattern seen in recent years. Candida auris, or C. auris, can cause serious and sometimes life-threatening ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill to hold private landlords of military family housing financially responsible for the health and safety of the homes they lease on military ...

It can become airborne when soil is disturbed, often through construction, landscaping, farming or yardwork, according to the CDC. HealthDay News — Tennessee health officials are investigating a ...