Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...

Hawaiʻi is considered the epicenter of rat lungworm disease, which is spread when people accidentally consume snails and ...

The Portland Water Bureau continues to detect cryptosporidium, a potentially disease-causing microorganism, in the Bull Run ...

Finally, we highlight current gaps in our understanding of disease pathophysiology and call for increased interrogation of these often-neglected disorders of the nervous system. Some of the most ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is urging caution after invasive snail species in the state were found to harbor ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...

SINGAPORE – About $2.4 million is being set aside by the authorities to fund a research initiative that will help in gaining ...

Parasitic worms are difficult to kill with current therapies, but their commensal bacteria might be their Achilles’ heel.

Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...

NTDs, a group of 21 debilitating infectious diseases, affect over 1 billion people globally, causing significant morbidity, disability, and death. These diseases, including visceral leishmaniasis (VL) ...