The first season of "The Last of Us" may be over, but many folks have been left with an abiding fear of fungal infections.

Some of that fear might be well-founded in real life: A cluster of the fungal infection blastomycosis was found in dogs and humans in Wisconsin in 2022, which led to serious health consequences, U.S. health officials report.

Blastomycosis is caused by a fungus ...

The hit HBO series "The Last of Us" portrays a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungal infection that hijacks human brains.

Back in the real world, there's an emerging fungal threat rampaging through the United States, a new study warns -- one that doesn't turn humans into zombies, but does endanger lives.

Candida auris has surged across the nation since the first case occurre...

HBO's hit series "The Last of Us" envisions a world decimated by a fungal apocalypse.

A real-life insect fungus called Cordyceps makes the leap into humans, turning those stricken into violent zombie-like creatures that spread it to others through bites. Society collapses in a matter of days after the fungus emerges.

But viewers can relax: There's very little real risk that...

Fungal lung infections are spreading to parts of the United States where they were once never seen -- likely a result of climate change, experts say.

To the average person, the term fungal infection may conjure up thoughts of athlete's foot or toenail problems. But some fungus species cause potentially severe respiratory infections, when a person inhales microscopic spores from fungi...

Fungi found in the soil are causing lung infections nationwide, even in places that doctors aren't aware are at risk.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not revised maps for environmental fungi since 1969, according to a

It's a phenomenon first identified in India earlier this year: Patients who have or are recovering from COVID-19 who then contract a sometimes deadly fungal infection known as mucormycosis -- also known as "black fungus."

Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said isolated cases...