Cordyceps are parasitic fungi that usually attack insects ... creating a kind of zombie. The infection can also transmit via the saliva of those infected, so your typical bite.

A parasitic fungus illness known as Cordyceps brain infection (abbreviated CBI) causes an epidemic that transforms human ...

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His fears then came true in 2003 when a mutated form of (the very real) cordyceps fungus did exactly that ... to know you will NOT become a fungal zombie if you drink it. Here’s what the ...

"The Last of Us" season 2 was an emotional experience for Pedro Pascal, who says he felt the characters' pain while filming ...

Student journalist Taryn Pollock explains what the ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus is and why it is commonly called the ...

On the hit zombie TV show "The Last of Us", cordyceps fungus mostly turns people into "superstrong killing machines", said Bloomberg. But in traditional medicine, the chilli-shaped fungi are ...

The outbreak that causes the entire world to collapse in The Last of Us comes from a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, and our non-zombie zombies come from this fungus and the infection it ...

HBO They also want everyone to know you will NOT become a fungal zombie if you drink it. Here’s what the company says in its FAQ section under “Is Cordyceps Infectious:” Not exactly—but ...