And, although they don’t know it yet, what they’re about to do — placing a kind of blue target to lure and kill the tsetse fly — will greatly contribute to changing the course of sleeping sickness in ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...

Sarah Benn loses suspension appeal The retired GP and climate activist Sarah Benn lost her High Court appeal against a misconduct finding and suspension by a medical practitioners’ tribunal over her ...

The country’s elimination of human African trypanosomiasis brings the total to 55 countries that have eliminated at least one ...

The sickness plagued those onboard the September 20 to 27 trip, according to the CDC. Just over eight percent of the 2,172 passengers onboard fell sick, equating to 180, while three crew members ...

All in all, this isn’t terrible. The sickness thing is a bummer, but not a death sentence. The team has doctors and smart people who will be able to get these guys back up and ready to roll for ...

The human African trypanosomiasis, better known as sleeping sickness, is among the most dangerous illnesses in Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2021 set the ambitious goal of eradicating ...

If you live in a noisy environment or are just a light sleeper naturally, getting your hands on good-quality earplugs can be a game changer for your sleeping experience. These will help you sleep ...

Parasitology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the biology of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the distribution, biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology ...

This acute form of sleeping sickness progresses rapidly and, if untreated, can be fatal. In the past 5 years, T. b. rhodesiense accounted for approximately 8% of all reported human African ...