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

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

While greenfinches and chaffinches are particularly susceptible to this disease, other birds—including sparrows, pigeons, ...

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

A dog's double coat plays a key role in keeping them safe and healthy. Shaving such canines can result in several ...

The effects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS can go beyond physical health and may affect people’s mental being One such ...

With a warming climate comes the threat of expanding habitats for mosquitos that carry malaria, but researchers are using ...

The FDA granted marketing clearances for infectious disease tests, updates to a digital pathology system, and immunoassays for chronic diseases.

“Most fungal or yeast infections involving the penis don’t cause an odor,” says Dr. Milhouse. More commonly, they cause redness, itching, burning, swelling, and chunky discharge. When penile yeast ...

What happens if you get bitten or scratched by an aggressive seal carrying rabies? What are the protocols? These are some of the questions being asked by open-water swimmers, scuba divers and ...

Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed. A better ...

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