A light rain was falling May 9 as I was washing dishes, watching the fragrant flowers of the lilac shrub bounce in the breeze ...

Hundreds of parasites have the ability to infect humans, including lice, mites and ticks. However, parasite cleanses ...

Researchers have identified a type of chemical compound that, when applied to insecticide-treated bed nets, appears to kill ...

In Shaw, Miss., officials have failed to prevent the sewer system from backing up after heavy rains, causing water ...

Kevin Liévano-Romero abandoned a veterinary career in Colombia to move to the United States, where he studies feared but ...

Mosquitoes exposed to the newly developed compounds show reduced malarial parasite growth even when infected four days later.

With temperatures warming up in Michigan, residents might want to take a swim, but that could leave you itching.

What is an Ionophore? Ionophores are feed additives commonly used in cattle diets to increase feed efficiency and growth.

Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them have even evolved sophisticated strategies to evade a host’s immune system by avoiding it entirely.

Post-mortem pathology results have ruled out public speculation of a vehicle strike as the cause of a bear’s deterioration ...

Ticks may be tiny, but they can wreak havoc. Learn more about two common tick varieties and how to avoid being bitten by them ...

Scientists have fabricated two bed netting prototypes targeting malaria-causing blood parasites. They designed netting systems to deliver antimalarial drugs called Endochin-like Quinolones (ELQs) that ...