NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Blastomycosis outbreak linked to Escanaba Billerud Paper Mill in Michigan, local health officials report to date, there have been 21 confirmed cases of blastomycosis...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Fungi in the soil cause a significant number of serious lung infections in 48 out of 50 states and the District of Columbia, including many areas long thought to be free of deadly...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Chief Ramona Sutherland of the Constance Lake First Nation near Timmins, Ontario announced Sunday an outbreak of the fungal infection, blastomycosis. Sutherland said four people...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Blastomycosis is a fungal infection usually acquired by breathing in the spores of the fungi, Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii. In Minnesota...

Australian company, Mayne Pharma announced this week that their antifungal drug, TOLSURA™ (SUBA®-itraconazole) 65mg capsule, will be launched in the United States. TOLSURA is a new formulation of...

Since the outbreak of the systemic fungal infection, Blastomycosis, was first reported in early August linked to visits to the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County near New London, the number of confirmed...

The number of blastomycosis cases linked to recreation at the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County near New London, WI has increased by two during the past week, bringing the total confirmed cases to 40,...

The outbreak of the fungal infection, Blastomycosis, linked to visiting the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County near New London has grown to 33 confirmed cases, according to state health officials today. In...

The investigations are ongoing in two important infectious disease outbreak in the US upper midwest–the Blastomycosis outbreak linked to the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County near New London,...

While there is no national surveillance of blastomycosis in the US, Wisconsin is one of several states in which the fungal infection is reportable. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...