'World near tipping point': Study warns about a deadly fungus that could kill millionsA concerning study reveals that the deadly fungus Aspergillus, known for causing severe lung infections, may spread across continents due t...
15 Jul, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
From Pharaoh’s curse to cancer cure: Deadly Tutankhamun’s tomb fungus may turn out to be a blessing in disguiseResearchers have discovered that Aspergillus flavus, a toxic fungus previously associated with the "curse of the pharaohs," produces compou...
23 Jun, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
Not a virus or bacteria, but this silent killer is spreading and climate change is helping it thriveA deadly airborne fungus called Aspergillus is spreading rapidly across the globe, with scientists warning that climate change is accelerat...
16 Jun, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
Zombie Apocalypse? The fungus that eats you alive is coming, and climate change just gave it a passportGlobal warming is exacerbating the threat of deadly fungal infections, particularly those caused by Aspergillus species. A recent study rev...
25 May, 2025, 11.02 AM IST
Aspergillus: All about the fungus that could spark a pandemic like in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’A new study forecasts that climate change will enable Aspergillus, a fungus causing the deadly disease aspergillosis, to expand its reach a...
24 May, 2025, 06.23 PM IST
What's Coccidioides (Valley Fever)? The 'Last of Us'-like deadly fungal superbug spreading globally and infecting even healthy peopleFungal infections are emerging as a global health crisis, with valley fever spreading rapidly due to climate change and wildfires. Drug res...
08 May, 2025, 10.39 AM IST
Is there a new global health threat? Fungal superbugs spread panic with climate change expanding its reachA new global health threat is emerging as drug-resistant fungal infections such as Aspergillus fumigatus and Coccidioides are spreading, dr...
07 May, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
Study says global deaths from fungal disease are twice than previous estimateThe annual death toll from fungal diseases worldwide has reached 3.75 million, double the previous estimate, according to a study involving...
16 Jan, 2024, 05.31 PM IST
'The Last of Us' is fictional, but real fungi can infect people as they adapt to live at ever-higher temperaturesFar-fetched fungal fear-mongering? It's definitely fictional, but maybe not as preposterous as it might seem.
24 Feb, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Green fungus: What we know so far about this new infectionFungus exhibits colour in their culture. All of them — black, yellow, green and white fungus — are basically specimens of cinderella, mucor...
17 Jun, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
Indore reports first case of green fungus infectionAfter black and white fungus, a case of green fungus is reported in the district with a 34-year-old patient admitted to a private medical c...
16 Jun, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
Black Fungus is not contagious, says AIIMS ChiefRandeep Guleria said a majority of mucormycosis patients at AIIMS are getting infected by the fungal infection in the early stages of hospi...
25 May, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
Mucormycosis cases rise: How this deadly black fungal infection is making people blindThe fungal infection is caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. These molds live throughout the environment. Mucormycosis mainly af...
10 May, 2021, 09.45 AM IST
Feeling sick at home? The wallpaper in your room might be the reasonMost of the airborne toxins are likely to be located on fungal spores in the wallpaper, said the study.
24 Jun, 2017, 03.00 PM IST
- Plastic-eating fungus may solve garbage problem
Beijing, April 1 (IANS) In a discovery that may spell good news for the environment, a novel fungus capable of degrading polyurethane (PU) ...
01 Apr, 2017, 05.40 PM IST
Cheaper jet fuel from fungus in five years: StudyResearchers from the Washington State University used Aspergillus carbonarius ITEM 5010 to create hydrocarbons, the chief component of petr...
07 May, 2015, 05.02 PM IST