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?

For people with weakened immune systems, common molds lurking in the environment—in the soil, along damp walls or on a forgotten apple—can cause dangerous infections deep inside the body. These ...

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 ...

A novel PET radiotracer can accurately detect a wide range of mold species that are linked to dangerous infections, according to new research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ...

The overall survival in CGD patients after CT is encouraging [10, 11]. As such, patients with newly diagnosed CGD are often offered curative CT and less frequently develop mold infections. However, ...

Figure 1. Representative 18 F-FDS PET/CT and PET/MRI images of patients with pulmonary (n = 3) and cerebral (n = 2) invasive mold infections. NEW ORLEANS (June 23, 2025)—A novel PET radiotracer can ...