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

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

"TMVII is a specific type of fungus that is part of a larger family that causes the usually benign but irksome conditions such as ringworm, jock itch and athlete's foot," Dr. Hayden Andrews, an ...

A late addition to the CFDA calendar, Zane Li was a welcome surprise, especially after his spring runway debut proved he could potentially join a new vanguard of designers — Henry Zankov and Colleen ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.