A ONCE-RARE genital super-fungus that can only be killed off with a ‘toxic’ treatment is now spreading at pace among families ...

The fruiting bodies of bambusicolous Shiraia fungi have long been used in traditional Chinese folk medicine. Hypocrellin A (HA) is a bioactive perylenequinone from the fruiting bodies and serves as an ...

When weird fungal epidemics crop up in far-flung places, scientists work together to unravel how the microscopic murderers ...

Nail fungus and nail psoriasis are two conditions that affect the nails. They have similar symptoms, and you can have both fungus and psoriasis at the same time, but they are different and have ...

Four people with links to Kindred Hospital Seattle have now tested positive for a potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungus. But you should read on before you panic about a widespread outbreak à la ...

Cases of trichophyton indotineae - a drug-resistant fungal infection that causes unsightly skin lesions all over the body - ...