CPA is a fungal infection that primarily affects individuals with weakened lungs, often due to prior tuberculosis. While research on CPA has been conducted globally, it has been largely overlooked ...

Air pollution is fueling a rise in the commonest form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in southeast ...

Aspergillosis is an infection caused by Aspergillus, a fungus naturally present in the environment. Most people come into ...

In just a decade, the drug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris (C. auris) has emerged as one of the most formidable threats to health care settings worldwide. Nowhere in the United States is this ...

A fungus named in honour of Sir David Attenborough has been found infecting and manipulating spiders in a Northern Ireland cave turning them into The Last of Us-style “zombies”. Researchers ...

Infected spiders would hang on the roof or walls of the caves, leaving their lairs or webs and migrating to die in exposed situations, according to the study, published in the journal Fungal ...

The third episode of Crunchyroll's The Apothecary Diaries, "Corpse Fungus," was a tough episode to watch. It was pretty sad once the story finally came together. However, I love getting episodes ...

Folliculitis, caused by bacterial or fungal infections, is inflammation of your hair follicles. It presents as bumps or a rash on your skin anywhere hair grows, including the scalp, torso ...

Unlike some of the other conditions associated with granulomas, there is no specific diagnostic test for sarcoidosis. An elevated serum ACE is supportive but non-specific and there are cases diagnosed ...

Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

The gold standard for finding lung cancer early is computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening. However, this is limited to people who have smoked. Currently, there are more non-smokers (never ...