Howrah: Five confirmed cases of filariasis in children in Howrah, along with more children suffering from symptoms of the ...

In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...

Scientists have long debated the root causes of Alzheimer’s, with two main theories emerging. The first centers on the ...

People are to be sent from Oxford to the Netherlands to be deliberately infected with a form of malaria so scientists can ...

British scientists are infecting a group of volunteers with a type of malaria that can cause relapses years after contracting ...

Malaria kills more than a thousand children every day. Measures like antimalarial medications and insecticide-treated bed nets, which stop infected mosquitoes from transmitting the disease-causing ...

Whatever the assailant, though, snake-bite treatment has been the same for a century: inject an antivenin containing antibodies produced in a horse or sheep.

Treat the symptoms: First, isolate from others as much as possible. Slow down stool with anti-diarrheal medication and drink ...