Article 662H6 A Soil Fungus That Causes Lung Infections Is Spreading Across the U.S.

A Soil Fungus That Causes Lung Infections Is Spreading Across the U.S.

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Nikki Main
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An illness-causing fungus known as histoplasma is in the soil of nearly all U.S. states, a new study suggests. The researchers behind the work say doctors may be relying on outdated risk maps and therefore missing diagnoses of the infections, which can sometimes be deadly.

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