UTMB News

The challenges of creating vaccines against fungal infections

The challenges of creating vaccines against fungal infections

The Galveston County Daily News, Sept. 17, 2025
Fungal infections kill more than a million people every year worldwide but we still don’t have a single licensed vaccine to prevent them, write Drs. Megan Berman and Richard Rupp. The Vaccine Smarts writers dig into the challenges scientists face in creating a vaccine against the various fungi spreading disease.