It may not seem like the most important body part to scrub in the shower, but a doctor cautions not washing your feet ...

The burden of superficial cutaneous fungal infections (SCFIs) among outpatient visits in the United States is high and ...

Scientists are seeing signs of resistance to the infections that have been wiping out the world’s amphibian populations—and ...

A deadly new oak-tree disease can be prevented by pruning them in the dormant season (if needed) instead of spring or summer.

A cutting-edge genetic test can rapidly detect and identify almost any kind of disease-causing microorganism in the human ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Mycosis nail fungus, also known as onychomycosis, is a fungal infection of the nail unit. It is more common in the toenails because fungi thrive in warm, ...

Four men have been diagnosed with Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII since spring. Also, whooping cough cases — almost 20,000 — are almost back to pre-pandemic levels; California and Washington ...

Here the authors show that an ant’s individual immune pathways provide specialized protection against bacterial but not fungal infections, while social immunity protects against pathogenic fungi ...

Sepsis is a life threatening illness that develops when an existing infection triggers an extreme immune system response in your body. When you experience an infection, your immune system releases ...

Experts from New York University (NYU) who wrote the first report back in July ... VII is an emerging infection spread through sex. The NYU scientists found that the fungus can take several ...