Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to make existing antifungal drugs work again against deadly, drug-resistant fungi. Fungal infections claim millions of lives worldwide each year, and current medical ...

After entering the host, the leading cause of fungal meningitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, rapidly adapts by shrinking in size and acquiring other characteristics that allow it to better infect the ...

Researchers are hopeful about the potential for antifungal use of compounds found in cannabis. "You could actually just get some CBD oil and then rub it on your skin to treat it," one researchers says ...

In a recent study published in Nature Microbiology, researchers examined metabolite-drug-fungal interactions in the fungal meningitis pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Antibiotic resistance refers to ...

The invisible war against infectious diseases has entered a new and terrifying phase as drug-resistant fungi emerge as the next potential global health crisis, threatening to overwhelm healthcare ...

The study from the Stowers Institute and the University of Georgia uncovers more than 300 potential targets for drug development for a lethal fungus. Although humans and fungi bear little resemblance, ...

The encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of fungal meningitis, with the highest rate of cryptococcosis found in AIDS patients. Despite antifungal treatment, ...

BELLINGHAM -- A rare tropical fungus that that has infected more than 100 people since it appeared in British Columbia six years ago has crossed the border into Whatcom County, health officials say.