This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine. Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per ...

A watercolor artist’s interpretation of the relationship between the human genome and gut mycobiome. Created by Amy Bean, watercolor journalist and mom of first author Emily Van Syoc. Clinicians’ ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new genome-wide study uncovers evidence of the first three-way relationships between human genetic variation, variation in the fungal component of the human microbiome — known ...

Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per year, mostly in California and Arizona. Two decades ...

Certain serious fungal infections occur in regions of the United States with specific environments and are often tied to soil ...

Over 60% of human infectious diseases come from animals. Learn what zoonotic diseases are, how they are transmitted, and why ...

A deadly fungal disease in bats has made its way to the state of Washington, and humans are facing unexpected consequences. As explained by KUOW last month, wildlife officials sounded the alarm on the ...

As the climate warms the planet and temperatures rise, some fungi are figuring out how to exist at higher temperatures than they usually like. Enter zombie concerns. Some real-life fungi are already ...