Antimicrobial resistance is a public health and economic disaster waiting to happen. If we do not address this threat, by 2050 more people will die from drug-resistant infections than from cancer.
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Destruction of rainforests through wildfires or deforestation may harm human health. As these forests disappear, we may be losing precious medicinal plants that hold treatments for various diseases.
On your marks, get ready, go! Australian researchers compete in a global event to try to stop fungal diseases.
Fungal diseases can be life-threatening for people living with HIV, cancer patients and those admitted to hospital.
Fungi perform a vital role in the biological cycle, but pose an increasing danger to human health – invasive fungal infections kill three times more people than malaria.
Ultra-violet (UV) light can destroy a fungus that’s devastating the animals in North America.
The spread of a multidrug-resistant fungal infection is rapid and alarming.
While most women will have one or more episodes of uncomplicated and temporary thrush, some suffer from recurrent episodes. These can be shameful and often debilitating.
Adding a single wheat gene helps the American chestnut withstand a fungal pathogen that nearly wiped these hardwood trees out of the eastern forests they once dominated.
A seemingly harmless oral fungus can get out of hand but there aren’t as many drugs as you may think to deal with it.
It’s been roughly eight years since white-nose syndrome (WNS) was first documented decimating bat populations in upstate New York. The disease is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans which…
A new fungal infection may spell doom for LOLcats and cute puppies. Researchers have found a fungus that affects cats, dogs and humans with nasty consequences. Vanessa Barrs at the University of Sydney…
Researchers have found that dishwashers are particularly conducive to the growth and spread of disease-causing fungi. These fungi have been implicated in causing lung diseases and sometimes fatal infections…
A new study to be published in Nature magazine reveals the feet are home to a huge range of fungus. Considering fungi is…
A deadly fungal infection has been spreading across western North America. The number of human and animal cases has grown rapidly in recent years, to the extent that government agencies in US and Canada…
African clawed frogs in California harbour a deadly fungal infection that is destroying the global amphibian population…
It’s estimated there are 193 million asthma sufferers worldwide, but a new study reports some may find relief in an anti-fungal…
Injecting mice with simple baker’s yeast protects against the fatal fungal infection, aspergillosis, according to research…
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6th Century Chair in Immunology, Director, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer in Podiatry, Charles Sturt University
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Head: Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, NICD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases