Fatal Fungus

Fatal Fungus refers to episode 7 of the Season 2 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on November 13, 1997.

Plot summary
In 1994, doctors in Cleveland, Ohio became extremely concerned when they had an increase in the number of infants brought to the emergency room with bleeding of the lungs. Doctors quickly contacted the Centers for Disease Control and had them investigate the matter.

The CDC found that all babies were from the same neighborhood and that all of their houses had suffered from water damage. After further investigation and research, a black fungus was determined to be the killer of three infants. The fungus develops in moist conditions, becomes airborne, and threatens developing organs such as the growing lungs of babies.