Skin reactions can be alarming, especially when they appear suddenly. Many people struggle to tell the difference between ...

Steven Weersing survived both the Joplin tornado and the potentially fatal fungus that spread among survivors — now he's ...

A black fungus, known as Cladosporium sphaerospermum ... the same pigment responsible for human skin color. In most organisms, melanin primarily acts as a shield against UV radiation.

Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection. Most people are exposed to the fungi behind the disease regularly, but in certain individuals, the microbes can end up being deadly.

Severe delays at NHS infection laboratories also mean that doctors who do send off skin samples suspected of containing the super-fungus can expect to wait as long as a month to get results.

skin lesion and chest pain. The disease is not contagious and doesn’t spread from one person to another. Mucormycosis has a mortality rate... Mucormycosis or black fungus is a rare, but serious ...

In this instance, they "may look yellow, brown, black, or even green ... catch it by having direct skin-to-skin contact with someone who already has a fungal infection." As for the causes ...

These types of skin infections are caused by a fungus and are most likely to develop in moist areas of the body where surfaces meet, such as the feet, armpit, or where there are skin folds.

Swimming pools, locker rooms and other communal areas can be hotbeds for picking up a fungal skin infection. and see whether or not they're developing their own ringworm and the vets, you know ...

New itchy patches might develop on hands or other body parts, indicating the fungus has traveled. Unusual skin changes in unexpected places deserve attention, while persistent irritation despite ...

The fungus, known as Batrachonchytrium dendrobatisdis (Bd), appears to alter the permeability of amphibian skin, which can lead to a fatal osmotic imbalance, according to a study published this week ...