EXCLUSIVE Frightening maps show how deadly fungal diseases are surging across the US - as Michigan woman reveals lung-destroying strain has killed TWO of her relatives
Blastomycosis typically arises from exposure in wet environments, primarily in the upper Midwest. But epidemiological studies are increasingly finding the fungus on the East Coast
Ian Pritchard was in a medically-induced coma in a Detroit hospital before passing away over the weekend. Doctors were unable to eradicate the fungal infection, which would have tee'd Ian up for a life-saving lung transplant
Ira Walker, pictured left, succumbed to blastomycosis in 2020. His wife Lorelei, shown right, told DailyMail.com that she still does not know how he got sick
Ira's immune system was not strong to start. He had been on dialysis when he was rushed to the hospital and eventually diagnosed with blastomycosis
Deadly fungus C auris is rising in the US - here are the signs US health officials issued a warning about C auris on Monday, flagging that the hospital infection had tripled in recent years and grown resistant to multiple drugs. Advertisement
US health officials issued a warning about C auris on Monday, flagging that the hospital infection had tripled in recent years and grown resistant to multiple drugs.
