MONDAY, Jan. 26, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Tennessee health officials are investigating a cluster of infections tied to a ...

One person who contracted it died. The fungus is commonly found in soil in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, and ...

OUTBREAK: A fungal infection outbreak in Middle Tennessee that has sickened more than 30 people and killed one is raising ...

A soil-dwelling fungus is reportedly to blame for a cluster of respiratory illnesses near Nashville, and possibly one death.

Cases of histoplasmosis are surging in Tennessee as officials race to find the source of the outbreak ...

Health officials in Tennessee are probing a histoplasmosis outbreak linked to soil exposure that has sickened 35 people and killed one. The lung infection spreads when contaminated soil is disturbed, ...

A lung infection linked to bird and bat droppings has sickened dozens in Tennessee, prompting a state investigation into a ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) reported a fungal infection outbreak spreading in parts of Middle ...

Their control is now one of my most frequently asked questions, Don Kinzler writes, which also indicates their control isn’t ...

For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering ...