‘Avoid skin-to-skin contact,’ Brits warned – as ‘super fungus’ that attacks groin and bum ‘spreads at pace’

A ONCE-RARE genital super-fungus that can only be killed off with a ‘toxic’ treatment is now spreading at pace among families ...
Yahoo

The threat of fungal infections is growing. Why is it so hard to make new drugs?

Last summer, the Food and Drug Administration denied an application for a new antifungal drug called olorofim, sending it back to the company with a request for more data. If approved, it would have ...
New Atlas

First vaccine to target deadly fungal infections passes preclinical tests

A new vaccine targeting the three most common human fungal infections is showing promising results in early preclinical studies. The data paves the way for future human trials testing this pan-fungal ...
Inverse

Inside the Race To Create the World’s First Anti-Fungal Vaccine

In late 2022, the World Health Organization released a list of 19 fungi that pose the greatest threat to public health. When we think about dangerous infectious diseases, drug-resistant bacteria or ...
CNN

The fungal threat to human health is growing in a warmer, wetter, sicker world

In the HBO show “The Last of Us,” characters identify zombies among them by the fungi that bursts from their bodies, and fungal parasites manipulate the humans to infect the communities around them.
USA Today

'Zombie ant fungus' in humans? Climate change sparks fungi fears — some serious and some silly

As the climate warms the planet and temperatures rise, some fungi are figuring out how to exist at higher temperatures than they usually like. Enter zombie concerns. Some real-life fungi are already ...