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 ...

The Israel Defense Forces apologised for posting an incorrect map of India on social media. The map inaccurately depicted Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan, prompting Indian backlash.

New MRI approach maps brain metabolism, revealing disease signatures by Liz Ahlberg Touchstone, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

BRAZIL is expected to f ile documents to validate which speci fi c regions of the country are free of animal diseases like bird fl u, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). “We are looking ...