Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

Almost everyone has had lice at some point in their lives. Lice are considered parasites because they feed on human blood. Maybe lice aren't exactly terrifying, but they are annoying and can ...

Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm infestation causes not just swelling, but also skin changes – making it ...

In the fight against malaria, controlling the mosquito population is crucial. Several methods are currently used to reduce ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research ...

Threadworms aren't the only worms (helminths) that invade humans. Hookworms, for example, affect about 470 million people worldwide. Infections in the UK are rarer, since hookworms favor a warmer ...