Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ringworm is often easy to spot with its characteristic red rings on the skin. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images ...

A dime-size spot on a teenager’s head remains hairless after being treated for scalp ringworm. MCT file photo BILOXI, Miss. — Generations of Southerners grew up with the admonition: Don’t go barefoot ...

Dermatologists have discovered five cases of sexually transmitted ringworm in New York City caused by the fungus TMVII this year, the first ever detected in the United States. Reading time 3 minutes ...

VD for Valentine’s Day? In case you needed a reason to stay celibate this weekend, there’s a sexually transmitted fungus making the rounds and leaving its mark. Experts say the public should be aware ...

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 ...

Two cases of a common fungal infection known as tinea, or ringworm, failed to respond to standard treatment due to a recently emerged fungus in the United States, according to a recent Centers for ...

Researchers are warning doctors and the public about two emerging fungi that are stranger and hardier than the typical ringworm infection. Reading time 4 minutes Dermatologists are sounding the alarm ...

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 ...

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

DOCTORS have sounded the alarm after a surge in killer super-fungal infections sweeping through hospitals. According to 50 of ...