DEADLY FUNGUS SPREADING

Why not? Just one more thing to mark the end of an age. We're sure going out with a bang. Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes , plagues and disease. War and rumors of war.

Haven't we heard this somewhere?

"A potentially deadly strain of fungus is spreading among animals and people in the northwestern United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia, researchers reported on Thursday.

The airborne fungus, called Cryptococcus gattii, usually only infects transplant and AIDS patients and people with otherwise compromised immune systems, but the new strain is genetically different, the researchers said.

"This novel fungus is worrisome because it appears to be a threat to otherwise healthy people," said Edmond Byrnes of Duke University in North Carolina, who led the study.
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