Mold exposure doesn’t always cause issues, but it can trigger allergic reactions or lead to more severe reactions, such as ...

Q: Lately I’ve noticed some discoloration in my floors and a strong musty smell. Could these be signs of mold under my hardwood floors? If so, who should I call or what should I do to treat the mold?

Q: It’s been pretty humid outside, and lately I’ve noticed a musty smell in certain parts of my house. I’ve also been experiencing allergy-like symptoms like sneezing and coughing. Could mold be the ...

Breathing mold into the lungs, especially for a long period of time, may trigger allergic reactions and worsen symptoms of asthma and other respiratory conditions. Some types of mold may cause ...

Immunotherapy. 2012;4(1):107-120. Despite use of antifungal agents with in vitro activity against these molds, outcomes are poor in patients with persistent neutropenia or other immune deficits.

Patients who receive organ transplants from donors who died by drowning have higher death rates due to the risk of acquiring invasive mold infections from the donor’s exposure to environmental molds.

The fungal infections that afflicted four transplant patients at Pittsburgh-based UPMC were likely caused from breathing in mold spores, meaning bed linens were likely not the source of infection, ...

A marvelous mold that saves lives when sulfa drugs fail was described in the British Lancet last month by Professor Howard Walter Florey and colleagues of Oxford.+ The healing principle, called ...

Sixto Leal, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Division of Laboratory Medicine, was recently awarded an American Lung Association COVID-19 Respiratory Virus Research Award for ...