In the eighteenth century, an Italian priest who moonlighted as a hobby botanist discovered a family of fungi that can thrive in almost any environment. Today, Aspergillus is known to live in soil, ...

A lung infection linked to bird and bat droppings has sickened dozens in Tennessee, prompting a state investigation into a ...

In the past month, I’ve talked to four different people who have either had a sinus surgery or an actual sinus fungal ball, so today I will write about it. An “aspergilloma” is the name of what it was ...

There are many microbes in our environment; many are harmless, some perform important functions, and some may pose a threat. Aspergillus fumigatus, for example, is a fungus that can be often be found ...

A rare but potentially deadly fungal infection known as histoplasmosis is sickening a cluster of people in Tennessee.

A fungal ball is a mass that develops in your sinuses after you’ve breathed in fungal spores. Medications cannot treat it, but a doctor can surgically remove it. Sinus fungal balls are a type of ...

Infectious diseases experts warn of the rising threat and apparent spread of disease-causing fungi outside their traditional hot spots. Fungal lung infections are commonly misdiagnosed, leading to ...

A research team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has found a new method of detecting a potentially fatal fungal lung infection in patients being treated for leukemia or who ...