Health & Medicine Humans have shockingly few ways to treat fungal infections Antifungal vaccines and drugs are in the works, but progress is achingly slow Fungi-infested zombies in The Last of Us are hard to kill. Fungal infections are on the rise in the real world, and while they don’t zombify people, there are precious few antifungal treatments. Courtesy of HBO By Tina Hesman Saey 10 seconds ago Fighting fungi isn’t easy. Season two of the streaming series The Last of Us has arrived on Max (light spoilers ahead), bringing viewers back to a world where people combat zombies puppeteered by a mind-controlling fungus. Guns and flames help the characters survive onscreen. In the real world, fighting fungal infections is less action-packed, but no less fraught. At the heart of the show is Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a girl immune to the pandemic fungus. The new season picks up after Joel (Pedro Pascal) saves Ellie from a doctor who wanted to remove her brain to find the source of her immunity and make a cure. Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fungal-infection-drug-vaccine-zombie #humans #shockingly #ways #treat #fungal #infections