The fungal skin infection TMVII is spreading in Minnesota through direct contact. Health experts advise medical care for ...

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

The fungal infection was first detected in Minnesota last July.

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

Minnesota health officials have issued a warning on the nation’s “largest known outbreak” of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII — a sexually transmitted fungus that can cause severe ...

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

Sexually transmitted infections are common in Hawaii—more common than the flu, according to the Hawaii Department of Health.

Health officials in Minnesota say the state is seeing an outbreak of a new, sexually transmitted fungal skin infection. The infection is caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII), a ...

Routt County Public Health is partnering with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the imaware health ...

Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that spreads through healthcare facilities, is gaining ground across the United States ...