A fungus called Sporothrix brasiliensis spreads from cats to humans, and concerns are growing over its rapid dispersal.

What started as a toothache led to a Molendinar mum being diagnosed with a rare black fungal infection and spending two weeks ...

Scientists have discovered that a common fungus and a common bacterium can combine to cause much worse injuries to living ...

Mutations in a key protein make a yeast found in dogs with common outer ear infections more resistant to the topical ...

GOT an itch in your britches? It happens to the best of us. We’ve all had to get creative with calming a tickle in our crotch ...

Fungi are taking the U.S. by storm — and not in the good way.

Fungicides are similar to the drugs given to patients. So the fungus becomes resistant to the fungicide and, at the same time ...

Cordyceps fungi rely on highly specialized spores to spread infection, turning a single host into the starting point of a ...

This is a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In recent years, efforts to interrogate established medical practices rooted in sometimes decades-old dogma have led to ...

High humidity during Nigeria’s rainy season creates ideal conditions for fungal skin infections to spread rapidly. Ringworm (dermatophytosis), athlete’s foot and similar infections thrive in warm, ...