A recent study from the University of Manchester reveals that climate change is facilitating the spread of harmful fungi, posing risks to both human health and food security. The research ...

No fun, just fungus: The continuing traumas of 'The Last Of Us' season two : Pop Culture Happy Hour Season two of The Last of Us just ended, and to say the story has gone in some new directions is ...

The field has seen new attention thanks to the popular HBO television drama “The Last of Us,” which follows people trying to survive in a world where an infectious mutant fungus has turned ...

There’s a harmful fungus lurking in the dirt around St. George. It enters people’s lungs when it becomes airborne, causing valley fever. The fungus isn’t like the apocalyptic zombie strain ...

Warning! Spoilers for The Last of Us Season 1 follow. In the video games, the cordyceps infection spreads via spores, which forces the characters to wear a gas mask at points. But for Season 1 of ...

He developed sophisticated techniques for observing bacterial growth on microscope slides, and saw that anthrax could form spores that survived desiccation, but produced more bacteria when put ...

People with psoriasis and some other autoimmune conditions are at significantly greater risk of developing the Candida fungus, an infection that can lead to thrush, vaginal yeast infection, ...