Since the fungus was first identified in the U.S. in 2016, more than half of states have reported cases. From 2022 to 2024, ...

The infection typically affects people with severe medical conditions and patients can be infectious for more than two years ...

Alligators live in bacteria-filled swamps and rarely get sick. The hidden chemistry inside their blood could help fight the superbugs that antibiotics can no longer kill.

At a conference earlier this month, Shawn Lockhart, PhD, director of the Fungal Reference Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), presented the case of a Sporothrix ...

The first human case of West Nile virus in Long Beach and current mosquito-carrying activity in the San Gabriel Valley has ...

An Ontario boy died of rabies in 2024 after a bat landed on his face at a cottage. Doctors say any bat contact in Simcoe and ...

Doctors are warning the public after a 2024 Ontario child died of rabies following contact with a bat. Experts stress ...

Internet-famous UFO stories so wild they may just be true Alien and UFO sightings have been anomalies for decades. While the existence of extraterrestrials has become a laughingstock, with SNL making ...

A duathlete who was rushed to hospital with brain inflammation so severe he described it as feeling like there was "an alien trying to get out" of his head has opened up about what it was like to ...

The 62-year-old said he went from being in ‘very good shape’ to having brain inflammation after contracting tick-borne ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

New findings in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology identify keratinocytes as replication hubs and immune responders, contributing to the risk of rabies infection from superficial scratches or ...