Scientists have identified a new class of compounds capable of partially clearing the tropical parasite that causes Chagas ...

Researchers at the University of Georgia's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have developed the first test to determine whether treatment for Chagas disease was effective. The study ...

Bugs found in 29 states, primarily Florida and Texas, may be invading homes and spreading a deadly parasite responsible for a dangerous, little-known disease.

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

In a first, the Israel Defense Forces has apologised for posting an incorrect map of India - which "fails to precisely depict borders", i.e., the image wrongly showed Jammu and Kashmir as ...

A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease, researchers at the ...

Since the emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in 2014 and the associated novel sequalae that emerged, much has been learned about the effects of antenatal exposure to Zika virus. Zika virus in ...

Two children from the same family are among seven confirmed cases worldwide with an incurable ultra-rare disease. In November 2022, Mel Dixon, 46, and her husband Charlie, 47, received “the ...

Chronic wasting disease has been confirmed for the first time in Yellowstone National Park in a mule deer found dead near Yellowstone Lake.

BRAZIL is expected to file documents to validate which specific regions of the country are free of animal diseases like bird flu, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). “We are looking for ...