Fungi

Patients with sniffles because of allergic conditions have different living fungi within their noses compared with healthy people, according to a study conducted in Portugal and published in Frontiers in Microbiology.

Dust fungi in homes shortly after a child’s birth did not heighten the risk for childhood asthma development, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Wildfire smoke can transport bacteria and fungi, making it a potential vehicle for infectious agents, according to an article published in Science.

Lower fungal alpha diversity in the lungs of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome was associated with increased disease severity, researchers reported at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.