Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picture this: Your doctor orders an imaging test like a chest X-ray in preparation for an upcoming procedure, and the results show ...

Imagine you go to the healthcare provider because you have a bad cough, or maybe you fell and hurt your ribs. They want to make sure your chest is okay, so they take an X-ray or a scan. A few days ...

When most people think of dangerous infections, they picture bacteria or viruses. But for infectious disease specialists like Peter Chin-Hong, one of the most insidious threats lurking in hospitals ...

An invisible intruder puts the delicate balance in our lungs to the test: the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, harmless in nature, can become a serious danger if the immune system is weakened—and change ...

Lung nodules are clusters of cells found during an x-ray or CT scan that appear as more dense or white spots in the lungs. They might surprise you because lung nodules generally do not cause symptoms, ...

Some researchers are sounding the alarm about a potentially deadly fungus that could spread throughout parts of the U.S., Europe and Asia. The study article, which was published in pre-print (not yet ...

Fungal infections have emerged as a significant clinical challenge in immunocompromised patients, whose weakened defences predispose them to potentially life‐threatening diseases. Opportunistic fungi ...

Fungal infections are getting harder to treat as they grow more resistant to available drugs, according to research published Wednesday in The Lancet Microbe. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...