If you’re a parent, remember that your children are watching (and imitating) everything you do. “The number one thing that ...

One of the contributing factors to the rise in malaria transmission is the proliferation of mosquito breeding sites, often ...

And malaria will now come roaring back, just as it had in the past when vigilance faded. In fact, internal USAID estimates ...

But a recent video from the ocean’s depths has stunned even seasoned scientists — showing two parasites firmly attached to a fish’s head, looking oddly like pig tails. Creepy duo spotted ...

While P. knowlesi remains the primary zoonotic malaria parasite of concern in Malaysia, the emergence of other zoonotic malaria species, such as Plasmodium cynomolgi and Plasmodium inui in humans ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Lao Health Ministry will spend RM5 million (US$1.18 million) to eliminate the ...

A strange video from the South Atlantic Ocean showed parasites on a deep-sea fish. These parasites, Lophoura szidati copepods, looked like they had pigtails. They clung to the head of a rattail ...

The US Department of Agriculture reportedly warned Mexico it will cease all live animal imports unless the country enforces stronger measures to stop a flesh-eating parasite from spreading northward.

Experts are sounding the alarm over the rise of a deadly parasite that, when contracted by humans, can cause fatal liver failure. Echinococcus multilocularis, also known as the fox tapeworm ...

a deep-sea rattail fish swimming with two bloodsucking parasites latched onto either side of its head. The video, shared by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, shows the two parasitic crustaceans called ...