How Valley Fever Spores May Ride Dust Through the Air

A massive wall of brown dust rising from an arid desert floor at dusk, warm amber sunlight filtered through the advancing storm with sparse desert scrub in the foreground

A new scientific hypothesis proposes that Coccidioides spores may travel attached to airborne dust particles — a finding that could reshape how researchers predict Valley fever outbreaks and assess exposure risk.

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A suburban living room near an open window on a humid summer afternoon, warm light filtering through sheer curtains with moisture visible in the air

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5 Ways Cladosporium herbarum Rides the Seasons Indoors

Cladosporium herbarum is one of the most common airborne molds that moves between outdoor environments and indoor spaces with the seasons. Understanding how it enters and settles can help you reduce exposure at home.

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Candida auris: Why Hospitals Take This Tiny Yeast Seriously

Candida auris is a drug-resistant yeast that spreads silently between patients in healthcare settings, persisting on surfaces and equipment where standard disinfectants may fail. This is what healthcare teams are doing to contain it.

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Steaming wooden compost bin in a backyard garden at dawn

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Aspergillus fumigatus: The Compost Mold Medicine Takes Seriously

Aspergillus fumigatus is a heat-tolerant decomposer found in compost, soil, and organic debris — and one of the most medically significant airborne fungi for people with weakened immunity. Here is what this common environmental mold means indoors and who should take extra precautions.

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Gutted room interior with dark mold stains on drywall, exposed wooden studs, and a work light

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Stachybotrys chartarum: What Black Mold Actually Means for Your Home

Stachybotrys chartarum is a greenish-black mold linked to chronically wet, cellulose-rich building materials — not a color diagnosis. Here is what finding it indoors actually means and what to do next.

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Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) growing on a misty temperate forest floor beside tree roots — an ectomycorrhizal species with real toxic and psychoactive properties despite its iconic appearance

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Amanita muscaria: The Fairy-Tale Mushroom With a Real Safety Story

Behind Amanita muscaria’s iconic red cap lies complex chemistry, real toxicity, and growing public health concerns as commercial muscimol products enter the wellness market.

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A small fungus emerging from burned forest floor after wildfire — charred tree trunks in the background, symbolizing post-fire fungal recovery

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When Fire Stops Fungi from Coming Home: How Wildfires Disrupt Soil Fungal Communities

Wildfire doesn't just burn the surface. A global study finds it also blocks the dispersal of soil fungi — making underground recovery slower, more random, and harder to measure than the green growth above suggests.

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Wild mushrooms growing from red African soil at the base of a savanna woodland tree at golden hour

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Africa’s Fungal Conservation Movement: Why Scientists Are Expanding Biodiversity Protection to Include the World’s Most Overlooked Kingdom

Fungi underpin forest ecosystems but remain absent from conservation policy. African scientists are building the case to change that.

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Split composition showing a farmer operating an agricultural sprayer in a golden wheat field and a petri dish with green fungal colonies in a laboratory

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The Fungicide Dilemma: How One Health Thinking Reframes the Conflict Between Crop Protection and Antifungal Medicine

Agricultural fungicides protect crops. Antifungal drugs save lives. When they share chemistry, fungal resistance crosses sectors — and no single field can manage it alone.

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Microscopic view of Aspergillus fumigatus conidiophores releasing airborne conidia spores

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Aspergillus fumigatus: The Airborne Mold We Breathe Every Day

Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the most common airborne molds. Learn where it grows, how it spreads through compost and soil, and why it poses a serious risk for immunocompromised individuals.

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