Fungal infections are becoming more common in the United States, but unlike illnesses caused by bacteria or viruses, there’s no vaccine to protect against a fungal threat. While scientists aren ...

Periodical cicadas lay their eggs in tree branches, and when those eggs hatch, the resulting baby cicadas, or nymphs ... Once the chalky fungal plug is ripped apart, the infected and disemboweled ...

In the HBO show “The Last of Us,” characters identify zombies among them by the fungi that bursts from their bodies, and fungal parasites manipulate the humans to infect the communities around ...

Fungal nail infections are common and are caused by fungi that live in the environment. They enter through small cracks in your nail or the nearby skin, causing infection. Fungal infections can ...

Although they’re only in the early phase of their life cycle — the nymph stage — experts seem ... substance called honeydew that encourages fungal growth and new insects on the weakened ...

Fungal disease resulted in around 1.7 million deaths in 2021, but it was only last year that the World Health Organization published its first-ever list of fungal priority pathogens. Gusa will ...

The HBO series “The Last of Us” has brought awareness to the growing threat of fungal infections. While there’s no known fungus that turns humans into sporous zombies, health experts say ...

Fungal infections are more widespread than doctors or patients realize, research suggests. And they’re expected to grow all the more so in the coming years. “We’re definitely seeing ...

In the 2023 American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us, humans are plunged towards extinction as a fungal infection of the brain zombie-fies most of the species. This may ...