Four families are the first of 77 plaintiffs who have sued, claiming that their children were exposed to Aspergillus mold during procedures at the hospital during 2019. None of the plaintiffs were ...

SEATTLE — As Seattle Children's hospital continues to battle mold in its operating rooms, many may wonder about the mold that caused the infections: Aspergillus. Here’s what you need to know.

SEATTLE -- All operating rooms at Seattle Children's Hospital will be closed Wednesday and remain closed for several days as a crew inspects the building's air handling system after a renewed outbreak ...

Seattle Children’s hospital is again dealing with a mold in its operating rooms that has dogged the hospital for nearly two decades and has been linked to seven deaths. There are no known new ...

Seattle Children’s Hospital will have to pay out $215,000 to three families over former child patients who were exposed to aspergillus mold in operating rooms during heart surgery. The lawsuit was ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission notified its current 2,790 OLCC recreational marijuana licensees on Wednesday that detections of Aspergillus mold in marijuana items ...

When Seattle Children’s Hospital revealed last month that 14 children dating back to 2001 had been infected with Aspergillus mold, six of them fatally, the cases had an unusual feature in common. They ...

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have identified a new way that common Aspergillus molds can induce asthma, by first attacking the protective tissue barrier deep in the lungs. In both mice ...

An infant who developed a mold infection at Seattle Children’s Hospital has died, becoming the seventh patient at the facility killed by the same infection since 2001. Elizabeth Hutt, a five-month-old ...

His case represents the most common way of getting an Aspergillus infection, by breathing in spores from the mold. For patients with weakened immune systems, such an infection can be a “game over” ...