A fungal skin infection occurs when a fungus (such as yeast or mold) grows and creates a reaction on your skin surface. Fungi (the plural of “fungus”) spread by releasing particles called spores into ...

University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent antimicrobial properties against a pathogen responsible for a half-million ...

Cancer is one of the causes responsible for the most deaths worldwide; in 2020, for example, it resulted in ten million deaths. It has been estimated that micro-organism infections caused between ...

Invasive fungal infections are now estimated to affect about 6.5 million people every year around the world, and while many ...

Antibiotic resistance is a known threat, but a “silent surge” of drug-resistant fungi is the next global health crisis.

They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to ...