Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles' heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis.

A deadly parasite is devastating fish farms across the globe, killing fish and costing millions in losses. Meanwhile ...

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

Understanding how diseases enter farms and spread through animals and people is an important part of biosecurity and finding ...

Researchers in the Amazon have discovered new genetic mechanisms in fish parasites that could lead to vaccines, potentially ...

I was out walking this morning in a grassy area south of Little Washoe Lake. My friend and I had been discussing ticks as we ...

In the midwest, the most common ticks are the deer tick, the American dog tick, and the lone star tick. They can spread ...

Effective mucosal immunity in the intestine involves a fine balance between tolerance of the microbiome, recognition and elimination of pathogens, and inflammatory tissue injury. The anti-inflammatory ...

A University of Minnesota expert writes, "One exciting new project we are working on aims to bring detection tools to the ...

The tick that causes Lyme can also spread babesiosis — and researchers fear doctors in the mid-Atlantic don't know about it.

Malaria is a mosquito-borne illness which has a close association with some chronic illnesses Let us understand the link from ...