Despite the Federal Government’s ambitious plan for the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) and promises to eradicate the plague ...

With millions of Nigeri­ans defecating in the open, experts have warned that the coun­try is at risk of a public health crisis and Neglected Tropical Diseases with the urgent need for improved ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick- also called a deer tick - is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...

Our changing climate creates conditions ripe for the replication of mosquitoes and transmission of diseases they carry. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick—also called a deer tick—is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds ...

Leprosy remains a significant public health concern in Nigeria. It is estimated that over 400,000 Nigerians are currently living ...

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, the deadliest tick-borne disease in the U.S., is a big problem on tribal lands in the Southwest ...

Phytoplasma uses SAP54 protein to alter plant defences Female insects prefer infected plants with male presence Parasite transmission linked to plant-insect interactions ...

The new year is certain to bring the spread of infectious diseases – both new and old. And several factors make 2025 ripe for transmission in the U.S., including declining childhood vaccination ...

thereby potentially contributing to person-to-person transmission.” Ebola is hemorrhagic disease caused by the Ebola virus, which is endemic in parts of East-Central and West Africa.

The pair had helped identify a still-unnamed disease, which they had tied to a particular gene and to a particular somatic mutation—a genetic change that had not been passed down from a parent ...