Researchers are saying that kissing bugs—which are often carriers of Chagas disease—have developed a "secure foothold" in the ...

In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...

Summary: New research highlights how parasitic infections can alter brain chemistry and behavior in humans. Toxoplasma gondii, among others, appears to manipulate dopamine and immune responses, ...

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Ticks and the diseases they carry are only becoming more common. But new treatments and vaccines might not be too far off.

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...