Fungus can do a lot for us — make bread, make beer and cure infections, in the case of penicillin. But when the fungus infects us, well, that’s not nearly as much fun as beer. From your head to your ...

In experiments with mice, researchers found a yeast was linked to irritable bowel disease-like symptoms when left unchecked by the immune system. Reading time 3 minutes It isn’t just the bacteria in ...

Fungal infections are becoming more common in the United States, but unlike illnesses caused by bacteria or viruses, there’s no vaccine to protect against a fungal threat. While scientists aren’t ...

Ringworm is often easy to spot with its characteristic red rings on the skin. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images When one hears the term ringworm, it likely conjures images of a nasty ...

Two cases of a common fungal infection known as tinea, or ringworm, failed to respond to standard treatment due to a recently emerged fungus in the United States, according to a recent Centers for ...

As certain fungi such as Candida auris become more widespread throughout the U.S., deaths related to severe fungal infections are rising. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains what you should know.

While death and disease from common fungal infections are largely a rare and uncommon occurrence in modern medicine, doctors are eyeing the spread of a recently discovered strain. "It started out as a ...

A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that common fungal species may be ...

Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment; they are essential to plant growth, and help break down and recycle dead organisms, for example. Fungi seem to grow in many different ...

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