MADISON (WKOW) — If you're outdoorsy or planning on hunting this season, UW Health is warning there is a respiratory illness you need to be careful of -- and it's not the flu, COVID-19 or RSV. The ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, a Michigan man has passed away after battling a rare fungal disease. Ian Pritchard had developed blastomycosis, an infection ...

A contractor who worked at a paper mill in Escanaba, Michigan, died due to blastomycosis, a fungal infection. And the death is part of a larger outbreak, public health officials are warning. As of ...

As summer arrives, more pet owners get outdoors with their dogs to hike and explore. Unfortunately, this may result in an uptick of blastomycosis cases, a fungal disease common in the Midwest. Dr.

Nearly 100 people have likely contracted blastomycosis in an outbreak at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, according to numerous reports and a press release from Public Health Delta & ...

Blastomycosis is a rare infectious condition caused by a fungus known as Blastomyces dermatitidis. It manifests as a lung infection that can be asymptomatic or cause life-threatening problems such as ...

The Blastomyces dermatitidis fungi seen here is the causative agent of the disease blastomycosis that can affect the lungs and more rarely skin, bones, and other organs. (Photo: Getty) This is one ...

The Billerud paper mill in Escanaba, Michigan, is experiencing a highly unusual outbreak of the fungal disease blastomycosis. More than 90 employees at an Upper Peninsula paper mill in Michigan are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A local veterinarian is ...

DETROIT – A contracted employee to a paper mill in Michigan has died from blastomycosis, the fungal infection whose rare outbreak has affected nearly 100 employees at the mill, local health officials ...