A 29-year-old Michigan chef died last week after battling a rare fungal disease that ravaged his lungs. Sometime before Thanksgiving, Ian Pritchard contracted blastomycosis, a fungus-borne illness ...

"They showed us a picture of his lungs, and they literally looked like Swiss cheese,” said Ron Pritchard after his son Ian was diagnosed with blastomycosis Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE ...

Invasive fungal infections are a lesser-known but serious health risk, especially for people with weakened immunity. Often ...

They found that the incidence of CAPA ranged from 0.4% to 2.7%, and CAPA was associated with increased mortality in these patients. They further identified several risk factors associated with CAPA, ...

There have been more than 3,000 confirmed cases of Valley fever—also known as coccidioidomycosis - a potentially dangerous fungal infection that affects the lungs, according to health officials. The ...

A rare fungal infection thought to mainly occur in the northern Midwest and parts of the Southeast is more common in other parts of the U.S. than expected, new research published Wednesday finds. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with IFI, yeast on donor culture and prolonged length of stay were associated with early IC risk.

A research team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has found a new method of detecting a potentially fatal fungal lung infection in patients being treated for leukemia or who ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 29-year-old Michigan chef died last week after battling blastomycosis, a rare fungal disease that "ravaged" his lungs. A 29-year ...