a chronic disease affecting the skin, in selected communities in southern Nigeria. She said that despite overall prevalence rates being low, the research found a disproportionately high infection ...

The New World Screwworm is a devastating parasite now on the US border. Has it been found in Ohio? How to spot them and what ...

Uncomplicated skin infections account for almost 200 million physician-office visits in the USA annually. Treating these infections is estimated to cost in excess of US$350 million each year.

A TikTok video warns of risks from wearing unwashed second-hand garments. A man developed a contagious skin infection from unwashed thrifted clothes. Experts advise washing all thrifted items to ...

Toasted skin syndrome refers to a type of rash some people develop from heat sources such as laptops, space heaters, or ...

A deadly superbug that sometimes claims the lives of more than a million people globally a year may have a nemesis that lives ...

Tens of millions of people in Africa are infected by parasitic worms that cause lymphatic filariasis (also called ...

Even though the U.S. eradicated the flesh-eating parasite the New World Screwworm six decades ago, its survival to the south ...

A search was conducted to find clinical trials of topical antimicrobials for uSSSI. The MEDLINE database was searched for articles from 1966 through to August 2007 using the subject terms 'topical ...

Learn more about coccidioides, the fungus responsible for valley fever, and what researchers are doing to monitor and track ...

The New World Screwworm lays eggs in wounds or body openings of mammals, including cows, deer, birds, pets, and even humans.

Biologics targeting interleukin (IL)-12, IL-23, and IL-17 may have valuable safety benefits among older adults with psoriatic disease, as a lower rate of serious infection was observed among these ...