The diagnosis: Both patients — who were not affiliated in any way but were from the same area — were diagnosed with a rare fungal lung infection called histoplasmosis. This condition occurs when ...

DURING the fall of 1962 an epidemic of histoplasmosis occurred in Mason City, Iowa. The source of the infection was a starling roost in the center of town, and the epidemic resulted when heavy ...

Live Science reported that the 59 and 64-year-old men-both from Rochester-died after developing a rare lung condition called histoplasmosis. The infection developed after they inhaled spores of a ...

Access by the public and the Clinton County Clerk’s Office to courthouse files has been restricted by the state of Iowa, due ...