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Disease-causing bacteria, fungi and viruses have been found everywhere in the gym – including on floors, door handles, weights, treadmills and exercise mats.
Be very afraid – if you’re an insect.
Our purpose-built “frog saunas” allow amphibians to warm up in winter and bake off chytrid infections. You can even DIY and build a frog sauna for your own backyard with our step-by-step guide.
Better and more timely diagnoses of fungal diseases could save millions of lives a year.
We’ve all heard of antibiotic resistance. The same thing is happening with other causes of infections in humans: fungi, viruses and parasites. This is making thrush and other infections hard to treat.
We’ve known about dandruff for thousands of years. Here’s how to get rid of yours.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
Fungal infections can be among the hardest to treat, and since the pandemic began they’ve become only more common. To prevent future antifungal resistance, scientists have developed tiny molecular drills.
Candida auris is a relatively new addition to a family of fungi that can infect people. Most of these infections occur in sick, hospitalized patients and can be deadly.
In reality, fungal infections cause thousands of deaths each year – making the need for vaccines urgent.
Despite the filthy waters they often reside in, saltwater crocodiles don’t get sick that often. Perhaps we could one day harness the special proteins that help them.
While ‘The Last of Us’ is a dramatic projection of a deadly fungal outbreak, it is based, if not in reality, in logic. And it’s a reminder that fungal infections are growing more resistant.
Fungal infections are quickly becoming a global concern.
Plant care advice abounds on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube – but not all of it is good. A plant expert debunks four common recommendations.
Toe jam was mentioned in a song by The Beatles. Maybe they knew a thing or two about foot hygiene.
Plant the right trees in the right places – with the right fungal companions.
Prevention may be the best way to cope with the worldwide wave of treatment-resistant fungal pathogens.
The emergence of a fungal infection called mucormycosis in India is another unexpected and distressing consequence of the COVID pandemic.
Researchers have discovered the first known example of a hybrid fungus that infects humans.
Top contributors
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(Formerly) Senior Research Specialist, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor, Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
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6th Century Chair in Immunology, Director, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer in Podiatry, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Microbial Ecology, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
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Professor in the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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Caroline Robinson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor Podiatry, Charles Sturt University
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Teaching Fellow in Zoology and Ecology, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Kennesaw State University
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Schmidt Science Fellow in Conservation Biology, Macquarie University
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Professor of Biocchemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate in Biochemistry, La Trobe University
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Birmingham
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Head: Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, NICD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases