Researchers have found that the fungus Cordyceps militaris contains a key ingredient that could be used to attack tumor cells ...

Uttarakhand government endorses medicinal leech therapy as a non-invasive treatment for post-surgical recovery and skin rejuvenation, amidst growing interest and some controversy.

Head lice are small parasites that live on human scalps, feeding on blood. While they don’t cause serious health problems, head lice are a common and frustrating problem, especially among ...

Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii increased the host cell’s metabolic activity, offering insights into potential ...

An international team of researchers have developed a promising new drug that could help combat the spread of ...

A new drug breakthrough by Scottish researchers has paved the way for a “one shot cure” for malaria. Chemists and ...

Health experts are warning of a potentially fatal but little-known disease called human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) - also ...

It can only be carried by tsetse flies that have acquired trypanosoma parasites from infected humans or animals. The main ...

Antibiotics have saved millions of lives from infectious diseases and are considered one of the most important discoveries of ...

A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts.

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African ...

A rare amoeba caused Brooklyn McCasland to go blind in one eye — and she’s still struggling with the parasitic infection.