Vaccine for fungal infections 100% effective against severe infection

Scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind vaccine to prevent severe symptoms from hard-to-treat fungal infections.

In a study on animals, the shot - made by researchers from the University of Georgia (UGA) - worked against the three most common families of fungi that cause disease in people.

Known as a 'pan-fungal' vaccine, the shot targets three strains of fungus that caused the most infections in the US - all of which have also developed resistance to available treatments. The strains cause 50,000 combined hospitalizations annually.

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