The new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, found in Northern Ireland, has been officially recognized by scientists in a recent ...

each represents a certain stage of infection. The most recently infected are human-like and have better control of their host’s limbs, but as years pass, the cordyceps fungus takes over the host ...

Hospital admissions of valley fever, a fungal infection common in California ... So why target giant fumbling humans instead? ‘Things like cordyceps are so well adapted to their insect hosts ...

The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...

While bacteria are known to capture human plasmin to digest host tissue for metastasis, the hijacking of plasmin by viruses for infection is not well studied. The dengue virus is transmitted to ...

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found that a family suffering from illnesses that ...

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of ...

There has recently been a surge in the popularity of Cordyceps mushroom supplements due to their potential health advantages. Cordyceps, a variety of fungi that grows predominantly on insect ...