A Chinese man's bizarre habit of sniffing his dirty socks landed him in hospital after it led to him developing a serious fungal infection in his lungs. The unnamed man, described as an 'ordinary ...

A new rapid test for Valley Fever developed in Phoenix is getting ready to go on the market and will be a game-changer for ...

A seven-year study of 470 patients revealed that a severe fungal lung infection once mainly seen in specific high-risk groups is increasingly affecting elderly patients and those with common cancers ...

They found that the incidence of CAPA ranged from 0.4% to 2.7%, and CAPA was associated with increased mortality in these patients. They further identified several risk factors associated with CAPA, ...

Several people were recently infected with a fungal lung infection at an outdoor California music festival. As of Aug. 21, at least 19 people who attended or worked at the "Lightning in a Bottle" ...

About 32% of people who have had prior damage from lung diseases will die after five years if they also get a common fungal infection, a major global review has found. The review also finds that 15% ...

This microscope photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Fusarium sp. fungal organism in 1972. Lucille K. Georg / ASSOCIATED PRESS When most people think of dangerous ...

Health authorities have issued a serious warning to Aussies about the presence of a potentially deadly lung infection in a ...

A 19-year-old Tennessee college athlete nearly died from histoplasmosis after two months of misdiagnosis during a county ...

Researchers have discovered that a virus living inside the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus significantly boosts the fungus's ability to survive stress and cause severe infections in mammals. Removing the ...

A ministerial claim that there is no direct correlation between air pollution and lung disease contradicts decades of global ...