Zoe Weiss, MD, is an infectious disease physician and the Director of Clinical Microbiology at Tufts Medical Center. She’s also an assistant professor of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ...

And mold can be just as dangerous as it is common. The World Health Organization has confirmed links between indoor mold and ...

Fuzzy foods. We’ve all been there—you buy a pack of strawberries, raspberries, or blackberries, and within the next 24 hours you open the container only to find there are a couple berries with ...

Mold is everywhere—on surfaces, in the air, in the soil. From the acidic brine of pickle juice to the grout between your bathroom tiles, mold can thrive in even the most inhospitable environments.

Penicillium — the source of the antibiotic penicillin — is a fuzzy mold that can be blue, green or yellow. It’s typically found in places where there’s been water damage.

Opening a clamshell of berries and seeing them coated in fuzzy mold is a downer. And it's no small problem. Gray mold and other fungi, which cause fruit to rot, lead to significant economic losses ...