A study suggests histoplasma is now found in nearly every state, but many doctors aren't looking out for it. Reading time 2 minutes An illness-causing fungus known as histoplasma is in the soil of ...

Tennessee health officials are investigating a cluster of infections tied to a fungus found in soil, after at least 35 people ...

It’s shaping up to be a bad year — possibly the worst yet — when it comes to Valley fever, a fungal disease marked by cough and fevers. More than 5,300 cases have been reported in California through ...

One person who contracted it died. The fungus is commonly found in soil in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, and ...

A surge in cases of histoplasmosis, a potentially serious respiratory illness caused by a soil-dwelling fungus, has sickened ...

A common soil fungus sickened more than 150 Michigan paper mill workers, and killed one, in what health officials called the largest such outbreak in U.S. history, but the exact cause remains elusive, ...

A common soil fungus may offer a sustainable solution to one of the world's largest industrial waste problems while helping recover a critical ...

When it comes to gardening, there’s a lot to learn. Even people with a green thumb may need to know how to revive a dead plant or wonder what on earth that powdery mildew on plants is. And have you ...

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