Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

A lab has completed a six-year study to examine the virulence of 38 clinical isolates from various strains of Cryptococcus. Ultimately, the goal is to find ways to stop deadly disease caused by ...

What is Cryptococcus, who does it affect and how many people does it kill each year? Cryptococcus is a fungus found in the environment throughout the world that is able to cause disease in humans.

Bacterial and viral are the more prevalent and commonly discussed forms of meningitis, but one infectious disease expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham says fungal meningitis stemming from ...