Tennessee health officials are investigating a fungal infection outbreak that has killed at least one person and sickened dozens more. Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by inhaling spores ...

A troubling surge in a rarely discussed fungal infection is drawing attention from health officials and families across Tennessee. Dozens of residents in Middle Tennessee have been diagnosed with ...

(NewsNation) — Twelve of 13 members of one family fell ill upon returning to the United States from a Costa Rica trip in late December. A bat-filled cave could be the culprit for the mystery sickness.

The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica has issued a warning about a heightened risk of histoplasmosis associated with caving activities. Costa Rica is regarded as endemic for the disease, attributed to the ...

Two men from upstate New York have died from a type of pneumonia after using bat poop to grow cannabis. The men, who were based in Rochester, developed fatal cases of histoplasmosis: a lung infection ...

Two New York marijuana growers died after becoming infected with a fungus commonly found in bat poop, doctors said. Crystalweed Cannabis via Unsplash Two marijuana growers in Rochester, New York, died ...