The fungal infection, also known as ringworm elsewhere on the body, "can spread through sexual contact and cause lesions on the genitals," the CDC said.

The CDC last week issued an alert about a new variant of a genital fungal infection detected in New York City. It’s called ...

Ringworm, medically known as tinea, is a contagious skin infection caused by several different fungus organisms and can affect various parts of the body. The fungus that causes scalp and foot ringworm ...

GENTINAL super fungus’ is likely already in Britain and spreading, experts have warned. Four people in the United States have ...

FOUR people in the US have tested positive for a new, highly contagious fungal ringworm that spreads via sex. The infection known as trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII) is also on the ...

Ringworm often presents as a neat ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting a survey to see how many cases of Trichophyton infection there are in the U.S. But for ...

A fungus that can cause lesions and take months to treat is the focus of a warning from the CDC, following the discovery of cases in the U.S.

Tinea is commonly known as ringworm, a fungal infection that can be found anywhere on the body. It gets its name because of the circular rash it causes. The name of the infection is determined by ...

Despite the name, ringworm isn't any kind of worm but instead ... 19 First human case of new mpox virus detected in Britain CDC confirms onions caused McDonald's E. coli outbreak The rash appeared ...

HealthDay News — Doctors in New York City are chronicling the first known U.S. cases of sexually transmitted ringworm ( Trichophyton mentagrophytes ).

Doctors in New York City are describing the first known U.S. cases of sexually transmitted ringworm, which can cause a nasty ...

Over the last three years, the state Health Department has used a $15 million CDC grant to develop new ... cases of a form of sexually transmitted ringworm this year, according to a new study ...