River pollution is causing harmful outbreaks of sewage fungus in the UK

Sewage fungus effects can interact with other types of human pollution, including agricultural and urban runoff

What is Green fungus and how is it affecting COVID-19 patients

Opium at risk

COVID-19: Beware of Black Fungus

Progress against a neglected tropical disease in east Africa is under threat

Kalaazar is neglected because it is a disease of poverty

Scientists isolate fungi that can boost plant growth even with less water

The research helped record better growth parameters and higher proline concentration

Mountain chicken frog vanishes from Dominica

This species is facing imminent extinction in the wild, yet it was in a healthy state only a couple of decades ago. Its fate sends us a very …

Extreme heat, drought make crops more vulnerable to soil-borne diseases: Study

Plant-eating fungus in the soil flourished at high temperatures, researchers found

What we know about blastomyces, the fungus that killed 1 & infected 100 at a Michigan paper mill

The fungus is found in Michigan but an infection is very, very rare

COVID-19: Hundreds of black fungus patients await Ambisome injections at Bihar hospitals

As many as 45 patients have died of the disease in Patna so far

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Researchers identify fungus for pyrene remediation

The highly toxic pyrene can be broken down by the fungus

Asian fungus killing salamanders in Europe, could spread to US

Asian salamanders and newts are traded in large numbers across the globe as pets

‘Developing a Red List of India’s fungi is imperative’

NSK Harsh of the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, talks to Down To Earth about the Red List of India’s Fungi that he is preparing

After black fungus, white fungus cases reported in Bihar amid COVID-19

White fungus, also known as ‘candidiasis’ has been found in 4 patients in Patna; it is considered deadlier than black fungus

India has registered a global first of a plant fungus infecting humans; climate change, AMR will exacerbate it

Fungi can now evade the process by which the body defends itself; global warming, which narrows the thermal difference between humans and their …

WHO releases first-ever fungal priority pathogen list

It takes precedence from the bacterial priority pathogens list established by WHO in 2017 with a similar focus to galvanise global attention and …

A fungus that can degrade endosulfan identified

The commonly used insecticide was used to get rid of insects in cashew plantations and exposure to it is reported to have led to several health …

COVID-19: Did India read mucormycosis right?

Diabetes, use of industrial oxygen, the Delta variant: Reasons attributed to surge in cases of mucormycosis are many. But doctors have warned …

India has registered a global first of a plant fungus infecting humans

Fungal infections are expected to pose a more significant threat to human beings in the years to come due to climate change, and reasons such as …

Fast-spreading banana fungus poses major threat to African food security

High risk as same banana strain grown in most plantations; Staple food for millions can be affected

Amphibian apocalypse: Study finds multiple strains of a lethal fungal pathogen threaten frogs in Africa

Risk to amphibians was highest in much of eastern, central, and western Africa

Researchers re-animate 70-year-old coffee killer fungus in Africa: Study

Coffee wilt disease, caused by a fungus Fusarium xylarioides, has led to devastating outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa since the 1920s

Mucormycosis: Indian scientists develop affordable test kits that can help early detection

Each test using the new technology will cost around Rs 800, as against the Rs 7,000 using imported kits

Poor quality drugs make treatment of ringworm infection less effective

Doctors from Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital found quality issues in the Itraconazole drug