A vaccine created by University of Georgia researchers to battle multiple life-threatening fungal infections is also ...

Candida auris, a deadly fungal infection that is resistant to drugs, has spread through U.S. health care facilities at "an alarming rate" in recent years, a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

Antibiotics are a well-known risk factor for invasive candidiasis, particularly among hospitalised patients given antibiotics to prevent sepsis and other nosocomial bacterial infections. However the ...

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH) and the University of Crete, together with ...

Experts are warning about a multi-drug resistant fungus known as a “superbug,” which has been detected in Connecticut.

What Is a Fungal Infection? A fungal infection, also called mycosis, is a skin disease caused by a fungus. There are millions of species of fungi. They live in the dirt, on plants, on household ...

In fungal infections, invasive fungi grow in or on your body. Many types of fungi occur naturally in your body in small amounts. Some infections occur when these fungi grow out of control while other ...

If you've ever been in the uncomfortable, itchy and frantic position of wondering why your stubborn yeast infection won’t go away, you're not alone. When the creams that always worked in the past are ...

Signs that your toenail fungus is dying include reduced discoloration, the nail texture returning to normal, and fresh, healthy nail growth. Toenail fungus (onychomycosis) infections are typically ...

Health experts are warning of new and highly contagious fungal strains after an NYC man in his 30s developed a sexually transmitted form of ringworm -- the first reported case in the US. Health ...

A vaccine created by University of Georgia researchers to battle multiple life-threatening fungal infections is also effective against Candida auris ...