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Mycetoma is a chronic and progressively debilitating disease that affects thousands of people living in tropical and subtropical regions, particularly those in low-resource settings. Characterized by painful swelling, skin ...
May 22, 2025
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An invisible intruder puts the delicate balance in our lungs to the test: the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, harmless in nature, can become a serious danger if the immune system is weakened—and change the entire bacterial world ...
May 21, 2025
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California is heading toward another record year for cases of Valley fever, the disease caused by fungal spores linked to cycles of drought and precipitation.
Apr 28, 2025
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How can we best treat infectious diseases in people with obesity? Hospital pharmacist and Ph.D. researcher Koen van Rhee studied how obesity affects blood levels of two commonly used medicines. He also developed a method ...
Feb 17, 2025
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About 32% of people who have had prior damage from lung diseases will die after five years if they also get a common fungal infection, a major global review has found. The review also finds that 15% of people with chronic ...
Nov 29, 2024
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A change in policy may be helping to drive a rise in treatment-resistant vaginal thrush, amid significant yearly increases in the prevalence of fungal infections caused by fungal Candida species, suggests the first study ...
Oct 8, 2024
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The incidence and range of valley fever has grown dramatically over the last two decades, and some experts warn that the fungus is growing increasingly resistant to drugs—a phenomenon they say is due to the spraying of antifungal ...
Oct 7, 2024
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Health care providers should watch out for new and highly contagious forms of ringworm or jock itch, which are emerging as a potential public health threat, according to a pair of reports.
Jun 5, 2024
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For the roughly 150,000 AIDS patients who come down with a life-threatening infection called fungal meningitis each year, there aren't many options.
May 9, 2024
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Diabetes affects more than 1 in 10—or more than 38 million—Americans. People with diabetes who keep their blood sugar levels in the near-normal range generally have a much lower risk of developing diabetes complications such ...
Mar 26, 2024
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