A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite ...

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) ...

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

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division are encouraging anglers, boaters, and visitors to ...

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

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

Registration is open for the 16th annual trail race at Southern Adventist University, a collaboration between the ...

Hundreds of thousands of doses of moxidectin – which treats a disease caused by a parasitic worm – are being given to ...

Guinea has officially joined Ghana, Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, and Chad in eliminating human African trypanosomiasis as a public health issue. This achievement was ...

Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.

Growing up in the rolling hills of Nyandarua County, Hannah Chege’s childhood was defined by early mornings spent helping her ...