Last February, 162 workers at Billerud Paper in Michigan were sickened with blastomycosis, an infection caught by inhaling spores from the fungus Blastomyces. Of those, 18 workers were ...

The Centers for Disease Control said a 2022-23 outbreak of blastomycosis at Escanaba's Billerud Paper infected at least 162 people from November 2022 to May 2023. Among those infected by the ...

DELTA COUNTY, MI -- Investigators may never know the source of the fungal disease that caused the nation’s largest documented blastomycosis outbreak in a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

In other news: broccoli recalls; vapes are still being shipped through the mail, even though it's illegal; and more. CIDRAP: Report Details Largest Blastomycosis Outbreak In US History Between ...

The outbreak of blastomycosis — a fungal disease caused by the inhalation of Blastomyces spores that can result in a potentially fatal form of pneumonia — was the largest outbreak of the disease on ...

“Blastomycosis is difficult to diagnose because its symptoms often mimic other respiratory illnesses, like pneumonia, making it hard to distinguish clinically,” said Jennifer Meece, Ph.D ...

Opens in a new tab or window Following the largest documented outbreak in the country, clinicians should consider a diagnosis of blastomycosis in work-related respiratory disease outbreaks in ...

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ESCANABA — One person, a contractor who worked at the Billerud paper mill in Escanaba, has died from blastomycosis, a fungal infection that has sickened close to 100 people who work at or have visited ...

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