Sexually transmitted ringworm, known as trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, or TMVII, is a fungus that infects the skin ...

Unlike most fungi that cause ringworm, TMVII is spread through close sexual contact and is more likely to cause inflammatory ...

A sexually transmitted ringworm is spreading in one US state - It can take months to treat the fungal infections, which were first reported in the U.S. in 2024 ...

The fungal infection was first detected in Minnesota last July.

Minnesota health officials say the state is currently dealing with the United States' "largest known outbreak" of a sexually ...

Minnesota is in the midst of what state health officials call the nation's "largest known outbreak" of TMVII, a sexually ...

Health officials in Minnesota say the state is seeing an outbreak of a new, sexually transmitted fungal skin infection.

Minnesota health officials are urging people with symptoms to refrain from sexual contact ...

Here’s another reason to suit up in the sack. Doctors are sounding the alarm about a little-known sexually transmitted infection taking hold in the US, warning that it can cause serious long-term ...

Part of the problem likely comes down to the state's high number of people without health insurance, the study's authors said.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will end clinic services at seven locations later this month because of ...