Around the world, pathogens and parasites are responding to the changes in unexpected ways, fueling the rise of pandemics and the extinction of countless plant and animal species. But all is not lost.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a call for data and experts relating to parasites in food.

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

By Dina Gavarieva Parasitic infections, long thought to be confined to developing countries, are a global issue that can impact anyone, regardless of geography or socioeconomic status including those ...

Rats also breed disease. “They transmit and carry more than 50 zoonotic pathogens and parasites that can make people sick,” said Richardson. Controlling the population is increasingly ...