Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Medical experts are warning doctors and the public of a highly contagious rare fungal strain after a sexually transmitted ringworm ...

Health officials are warning about a new case of ringworm likely spread through sex that has been reported in New York City, the first such case in the U.S. The infection, a rare fungus called ...

A fitness finatic has warned gym-goers never to skip wiping down equipment before using it — after she contracted ...

Jamie Samnang says she contracted ringworm from gym equipment. An avid gym goer thought she had a bad mosquito bite — until it began spreading all over her body, a bad case of the fungal infection ...

Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII is a type of ringworm that can look similar to eczema Getty A first case of a highly contagious and rare sexually transmitted fungal infection has been found in ...

A physician at New York City-based NYU Langone Health found the first sexually transmitted ringworm infection in the U.S., NBC News reported June 5. The case, published June 5 in JAMA Dermatology by ...

High humidity during Nigeria’s rainy season creates ideal conditions for fungal skin infections to spread rapidly. Ringworm (dermatophytosis), athlete’s foot and similar infections thrive in warm, ...

The Johor-based businessman had been suffering from ringworm (a common fungal infection) of the scalp for more than a decade.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kennedy News and Media Jamie Samnang says she contracted ringworm from gym equipment. An avid gym goer thought she had a bad ...

NEW YORK - A new and "highly contagious" form of ringworm likely spread through sex has been reported in the U.S. for the first time, health officials warned. The rare fungus, called trichophyton ...