The toxic fungus could be on the rise due to climate change, a new research paper warns, which could put millions at risk.

This fungus can cause a lung infection called aspergillosis. For people with weak immune systems, this can lead to organ ...

Molds and yeast on human bodies and in the air are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment. Experts say the microbes are fueling the next superbug crisis.

In what appears to be the first-ever recorded case of its kind, a fungus that usually infects plants has infected a human host, putting root-like filaments into his body. A 61-year-old mycologist ...

And it's possible that a fungus with similar mind-control capabilities could, at some point, be able to withstand a human's body temperature. "That may be one reason why we're seeing more fungal ...

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet ...

Research by scientists suggests that the trend of higher temperatures worldwide will result in the significant spread of a deadly fungus. CNN reports that a team of scientists at Manchester University ...

a researcher of fungal infections and associate provost for research at Texas Christian University. Viruses need to enter the human body and hijack cells to cause a disease. Fungi, in contrast ...

at both 37 degrees Celsius (similar to human body temperature) and 30 degrees Celsius in the lab. The higher temperature triggered a fivefold rise in a certain type of mutation in the fungus’s ...