Medics have chillingly warned "the world is not prepared" for what is to come as two women are confirmed to have been infected with the first cases of a highly contagious fungal disease.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), confirmed the unnamed patients in the United States, aged 28 and 47, have been struck down with the first known cases of the drug-resistant ringworm, also known as tinea.
The two women suffered lesions on their neck, buttocks, thighs and abdomen - with family members also suffering symptoms.
