Candida auris is a fungal infection already deadly for humans. Meanwhile, Valley fever infections will only continue to grow ...

Alabama is a hotbed for fungal diseases — which is why experts in treating and tracking problematic fungi gravitate to UAB.

The invasive death cap mushroom is thriving in North America. While it can be difficult to distinguish from an edible one, make no mistake: It can do a number on you. The mushroom originates from ...

In 2016, hospitals in New York state identified a rare and dangerous fungal infection never before found in the United States. Research laboratories quickly mobilized to review historical ...

Fungus gnats can thrive in the fall when you bring your plants indoors, but you don’t have to struggle in vain.

A new study finds that a natural compound found in many plants inhibits the growth of drug-resistant Candida fungi—including ...

Dutch elm disease is a very complex disease caused by fungal pathogens (Ophiostoma species) that can affect any kind of elm ...

There's another deadly virus brewing in the Northeastern United States. Those words may be hard to hear, but there's some good news as well: you're extremely unlikely to catch it. The eastern ...

The lancet liver fluke parasite is capable of getting ants to avoid the sun’s deadly rays when the day gets too hot, enabling ...

University of Central Florida researchers have found that an understudied, deadly disease of frogs is more widespread in ...