A parasitic infection transmitted to humans by cats affects billions of people and can alter their behavior. New research ...

Nearly one million people worldwide are plagued annually by cutaneous leishmaniasis, a devastating skin infection caused by ...

HEALTH officials have issued a warning to families planning to visit farms this spring, as a rise in temperatures could also see an increase in “harmful” pathogens. With warm and dry ...

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

Giardiasis, caused by the protozoan Giardia intestinalis, is the leading cause of intestinal parasitic infections in humans ...

A SHOCKING new report has highlighted how a trip to your local park could leave you blind. Soil tests from parks in Dublin, ...

Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues-including ... the immune system indeed recognizes the latent stage of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which causes toxoplasmosis ...

A study in Science Translational Medicine found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to ...

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

Dublin parks show high levels of roundworm eggs near entrances, highlighting health risks and the need for better pet waste cleanup.

James Cook University scientists have found stonefish toxins could be used to fight parasitic worm infections suffered by ...

Currently, several approaches are used to reduce mosquito numbers and limit malaria transmission. One method involves the use ...