Fungi adapt to heat, spread through spores, and may cause more fungal infections in a warmer, crowded, connected world.

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Some fungal diseases in humans no longer respond to medicines, which increases the risk of severe illness and death as well disease spread, according to a new report.

Instantly, they know they are near a person infected with the plague that has killed their world: a fungus that takes over ...

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency - and in ...

After two long years, the highly anticipated second season of HBO’s The Last of Us is almost here. In the new season, five ...

In a nutshell Climate change is accelerating fungal threats by helping pathogens evolve heat tolerance, spread to new regions, and infect hosts—including humans—who were once protected by body ...

Research on the gut microbiome has focused mainly on bacteria, but bacteriophages and fungi play critical roles as well, with significant influences on health and disease.

While the infected in the hit HBO show are shown as becoming more monsters than humans, Dr. Jim Kronstad said that it is not the same in real life.

Genomic changes in the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis may play a role in its resistance to antifungals, according to a ...

Genomic changes in the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis may play a role in its resistance to antifungals, according to a new study. These genomic changes can be brought on by a common antifungal, ...