Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

Subungual onychomycosis is the most common type of toenail fungus and affects the nail bed and underside of the nail. White superficial onychomycosis causes white spots and flaky patches on the ...

After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, scientists expected to find a dead zone where almost nothing could survive. Instead, they found life that found ways to adapt and survive. One key example ...

Michigan hospitals have noted a rise in a drug-resistant fungal infection in recent years. Candida auris was first identified in a resident in 2021. Since then, the state has confirmed more than 2,200 ...

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Chytrid fungus is a deadly pathogen plaguing amphibians in an ongoing global pandemic, with the potential to kill off entire populations. But in one threatened Australian frog species, the infection ...

Nail fungus continues to be one of the most stubborn and frustrating conditions affecting Americans today. With millions dealing with yellowing nails, brittleness, odor, and discomfort, the search for ...

According to the researchers’ study published in Nature, the question of how to both trap and kill mosquitoes naturally began with a fungus called Metarhizium. Metarhizium is known to be deadly to ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

Heidi Cope is a health and science writer based in Fort Worth, Texas. She often writes long-form, informational content about health, wellness, and disability, and enjoys interviewing healthcare ...

Can this new Fungabeam device finally put an end to the fight against stubborn nail fungus? Nail fungus is one of those weird topics that can, in real life, hurt your confidence pretty badly. For ...