Authorities are still trying to determine how a recent fatal outbreak of a rare fungal disease at a paper mill in the Upper Peninsula happened. "It's the largest known blastomycosis outbreak in U.S.

A rare fungal infection believed to be present in the Midwest and Southeastern parts of the United States makes an appearance in an uncommon region, Vermont, new research from a recent study finds.

Ninety-seven confirmed or probable cases of blastomycosis have been identified in Michigan’s Delta and Menominee counties, according to the local health department, and they are believed to be ...

A contract worker at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, has died from an ongoing fungal outbreak that may have infected nearly 100 employees with blastomycosis, according to a press ...

Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by the Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii fungus. Not everybody develops symptoms, but when they do occur, they can include a fever, ...

At least one person has died, and 96 others have been sickened, in an outbreak of blastomycosis at a northwest Michigan paper mill, local health authorities confirmed Friday. Federal investigators are ...

Blastomycosis — also known as blasto, North American blastomycosis, or Gilchrist disease — is a rare infection caused by breathing in a fungus called blastomyces. It usually affects the lungs but can ...

Following the largest documented outbreak in the country, clinicians should consider a diagnosis of blastomycosis in work-related respiratory disease outbreaks in areas where the fungal disease is ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - As they say, April showers bring May flowers. But before we get to blooming flowers, those rain showers and standing water make one disease more common this time of year: ...

The Oneida County Health Department says they've received reports of an increase in testing for blastomycosis in pets recently. Blastomycosis is an infection caused by the fungus Blastomyces.

Blastomycosis and histoplasmosis are both fungal infections that a person can acquire by breathing in spores from the air. However, the two conditions have different treatment pathways. The fungus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Blastomycosis is a rare fungal disease caused by breathing in a fungus called Blastomyces. The estimated ...