Between 1916 and 1930, an epidemic of Sleeping Sickness swept the globe, killing over half a million people. Discover the story of this forgotten disease and its devastating impact.

A group of microorganisms known as kinetoplastids includes the parasites that cause devastating diseases such as African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis. They share an ability ...

A DEADLY disease that can alter sufferers' personalities shows potential for spreading outside Africa, scientists warn. Known as 'sleeping sickness', or African trypanosomiasis, it causes ...