University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected ...

In South Africa, the age of consent for sex is 16 years old. Engaging in sexual activity with someone under the age of 16 is ...

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

An unpleasant parasite spread by flies was kicked out of the U.S. decades ago — but now it seems to be making its return. As ...

In Lagos, the most populous city in West Africa, nothing is a waste in the hands of those who can see value in it.Despite inherent risks, particularly those that have to do with human safety and ...

Here's why there are such a wide variety of symptoms associated with meningitis and why not every form of meningitis is ...

A long, writhing worm was found next to a dead huntsman spider on the ledge of a bathtub – so what does it all mean? The ...

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...