It's not quite as bad as The Last of Us. But progress has been achingly slow in developing new antifungal vaccines and drugs.

Health officials are closely tracking spread of a fungus in health care settings that has been deemed an “urgent ...

The deadly and drug-resistant fungus Candida auris is under close surveillance as health experts work to calm its spread.

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Middle ear infections are common, painful, and frustrating, especially for young children and their parents. Antibiotics prescribed orally often trigger side effects, lead to repeat infections, and ...

A brain-eating pathogen continues to wreak havoc in the second series of The Last of Us – which is so far-fetched, right?

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Photo credit: iStock/Getty Images It’s easy to ignore fungal nail infections at first, since you may not have any pain. But if you don’t treat them, it can hurt to put any pressure on the area.

The only permanent treatment is the removal of the nail bed. Nail fungal infections are a common condition that causes the nails to become thick, discolored, and easier to break. Nail fungus is ...

A Chinese man's bizarre habit of sniffing his dirty socks landed him in the hospital after it led to him developing a serious fungal infection in his lungs. An office worker from Chongqing attended ...

A man in China was admitted to hospital with a severe fungal lung infection after admitting to years of sniffing his own dirty socks. The unnamed male, described as an “ordinary office worker ...