Most conditions that cause pain behind the ear aren't serious. Rarely, a tumor in or near the ear may be cancerous. An untreated ear infection can lead to mastoiditis, an infection of nearby bone.

In something seemingly out of an episode of The Last of Us, a dangerous fungal infection has been creeping its tendrils across the country. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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"It's a hospital-acquired infection, so it tends to affect older patients. It's a really nasty thing, and it's growing." The fungus was first detected in the ear of a woman in Japan in 2009.

An outbreak of a multi-drug resistant fungal infection in Washington state was reported earlier this week, and although infection is rare, experts warn its high mortality rate, drug resistance and ...

(A different fungal species is pictured above.) (Image credit: TopMicrobialStock via Getty Images) Scientists in China have discovered a previously unknown fungal pathogen that can infect humans.