The "gut microbiome" has become a popular health term in recent years. It's easy to see why, with an abundance of research ...

(NEXSTAR) – The number of Candida auris infections reported to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention this year has nearly tripled in the past three and a half months as health care providers ...

(NEXSTAR) – Health experts have been sounding the alarm for years on Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that’s hard to diagnose, hard to eliminate and hard to treat once it takes hold. The deadly ...

Candida auris, a deadly fungal infection, is spreading in Illinois and Indiana, part of a larger U.S. increase. Although first identified in Japan in 2009, the first U.S. case was reported in 2016.

Male yeast infections are due to an overgrowth of the fungus candida, which can cause swelling, redness, irritation, and pain.

Two patients previously admitted to the University of Washington Medical Center-Northwest have tested positive for Candida auris, a drug-resistant ...

The yeast fungus Candida albicans employs the toxin candidalysin not only to cause infections but also to inconspicuously colonize the oral mucosa, though only in precisely regulated amounts.