A veterinarian has urged pet owners to stop letting dogs lick their faces, highlighting the risks posed by "extremely ...

Athlete's foot is uncomfortable but easily treatable with home remedies or over-the-counter anti-fungal medication.

In India, where beauty and wellness conversations lean toward glowing complexions and anti-ageing serums, one of the most common skin problems is rarely acknowledged: fungal infections. The country’s ...

The golden oyster mushroom, a tasty species native to Asia, has proliferated in states around the Great Lakes and may crowd out native species, a new study shows. By Jacey Fortin For a few years, ...

A fungal skin infection occurs when a fungus (such as yeast or mold) grows and creates a reaction on your skin surface. Fungi (the plural of “fungus”) spread by releasing particles called spores into ...

California scientists have determined that dogs might be able to help predict the spread of a dangerous fungus, which has surged in recent years due to the impacts of climate change. Drought ...

The first reported case of a sexually transmitted fungal infection in the United States was Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) in 2024. Other fungal infections can transmit through ...

A UC Davis study finds that dogs could be indicators for Valley fever spread in humans. (Credit: Dr. William Zachary Mills DVM, MPH, MBA) Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, is caused by a fungus ...

Dogs are great at detecting things that are hard for humans to smell. But we don’t always know which chemicals are responsible for the scents that our four-legged friends pick up. One group of ...

Domenico Santoro, DVM, MS, DrSc, PhD, DACVD, DECVD, DACVM, talks about common fungal skin infections in cats and dogs, and which patients are at risk In this ...

Dermatologists have discovered five cases of sexually transmitted ringworm in New York City caused by the fungus TMVII this year, the first ever detected in the United States. reading time 3 minutes ...