A common soil fungus sickened more than 150 Michigan paper mill workers, and killed one, in what health officials called the largest such outbreak in U.S. history, but the exact cause remains elusive, ...

The Blastomyces dermatitidis fungi seen here is the causative agent of the disease blastomycosis that can affect the lungs and more rarely skin, bones, and other organs. (Photo: Getty) This is one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare fungal infection thought to mainly occur in the northern Midwest and parts of the Southeast is more common in other parts ...

A Wisconsin woman's death from an unusual fungus left her loving family reeling. Now, the family of Sonya Cruz from Ketnosha, Wisconsin, is warning others about blastomyces- a rare fungus that when ...

Following the largest documented outbreak in the country, clinicians should consider a diagnosis of blastomycosis in work-related respiratory disease outbreaks in areas where the fungal disease is ...

Nearly 100 people have likely contracted blastomycosis in an outbreak at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, according to numerous reports and a press release from Public Health Delta & ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Blastomycosis is a rare fungal disease caused by breathing in a fungus called Blastomyces. The estimated ...

Nearly 100 people are thought to have been infected by a rare fungus linked to a paper factory in Michigan - in what could be the biggest fungi outbreak ever. Blastomyces - an infectious mold - is ...

Blastomycosis — also known as blasto, North American blastomycosis, or Gilchrist disease — is a rare infection caused by breathing in a fungus called blastomyces. It usually affects the lungs but can ...

A 29-year-old Michigan man died Feb. 3 after a severe blastomycosis infection, according to CBS News. The infections are caused by the fungus called Blastomyces. Ian Pritchard began experiencing pain ...

County health officials in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are investigating a fungal outbreak tied to an Escanaba paper mill that appears to have sickened dozens of people. The public health agency has 19 ...