I disagree that this is scaremongering. It’s a real thing that’s happening. Just because it’s on long timescale and affects relatively few people doesn’t mean it’s not worth studying and developing effective treatments.

If anything the headline is maybe a little bit clickbait-y, but the article and video are – while obviously not primary sources – fairly measured in their portrayal, and the video even includes discussion from (folks who are presumably) experts in the field.

Edit: and for another example of a similarly regional soil-fungus-infects-humans line of research, see this paper.