“I honestly can’t believe you’re alive,” one of my doctors told me a few months ago. “It really makes no sense.” I was sitting with my fiancé in an exam room in the infectious disease wing of ...

Our past experiences help us navigate future obstacles, and it seems that even some organisms without a brain have that skill. Though slime molds do not have a nervous system, they can store and ...

While much of the United States has forgotten that there are illnesses outside of COVID-19, one Rhode Island man’s story of his terrifying and rare brain mold condition reminds us that disease truly ...

A graduate student from the University of Rhode Island discovered that frequent, intense headaches and paralysis in his facial muscles were being caused by black mold in his brain. Tyson Bottenus ...

Key cognitive and neurological symptoms associated with mycotoxin exposure include: Brain Fog: A lack of mental clarity, difficulty focusing, and a feeling of being mentally slow or hazy. Memory ...

Government in England has announced that, starting in October, landlords of social housing will be required to fix damp and moldy properties more quickly and regularly. The rules will eventually apply ...

Doctors found toxic ‘black mold’ growing in a Rhode Island man’s brain after he scraped his arm in a bike accident on vacation four years ago. Since his 2018 trip to Costa Rica, Tyson Bottenus has ...

Whether it's spoiled milk or expired meat, there might be something inedible lurking in your fridge. In some cases, what you thought would be tasty turned moldy. Molds are "microscopic fungi that live ...

How an experimental failure led to the accidental discovery of LSD. A grisly medieval plague of holy fire. An experiment gone wrong. And…the CIA? All of these unlikely elements weave together in the ...

I was hearing again how the toxic black mold in my brain defies expectations and baffles my physicians. I’ve fought this fungal infection with ten brain surgeries, five spinal taps, and two sets of ...