The study serves as a stark warning to marijuana growers about the potential dangers of using bat guano. The researchers strongly advise against its use as a fertilizer, particularly for those who may ...

A team of medical professionals and infectious disease researchers at the University of Rochester, in New York, has found ...

Fungal infection, also known as a mycosis, refers to the invasion of a host's tissue by specific types of fungi. Mycoses often start in the lungs following inhalation of fungal spores or on the ...

Valley fever is an infectious disease caused by the Coccidioides fungus that grows in the soil and dirt in some areas of ...

If you breathe in these spores, fungal infections can settle into your lungs, causing problems like fungal pneumonia ... you may be able to diagnose and treat an infection yourself. However, if your ...

Industries with workers who routinely work outdoors in the midwestern and southeastern United States should consider providing worker training and education to enhance awareness of Blastomyces, the ...

Valley fever cases in California have surged by 20% compared to 2023, with over 11,000 reported cases. Learn about the ...

Histoplasmosis begins as a lung infection caused by inhaling spores of the Histoplasma fungus (typically the ... relatively mild pneumonia, causing symptoms such as fever, cough, chest pain ...

Matthew Langsworth, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, warned his landlord of the extensive spores within his property, but ...

has found that two men who were growing their own marijuana plants died after contracting fungal lung infections that led to pneumonia. In their paper published in the journal Open Forum ...

"Exposure to bat guano among cannabis growers appears to be a recent trend that can lead to histoplasmosis cases," ...