Despite being preventable and treatable, scabies affects more than 130 million people worldwide at any given time, ...

More than 1.5 billion people around the world are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), parasitic ... and ivermectin are available to treat STH infections, cure rates are not high ...

A wart is usually firmer, while a skin tag dangles. HPV causes warts, while the cause of skin tags is unclear. Find out other ...

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.

It's not quite as bad as The Last of Us. But progress has been achingly slow in developing new antifungal vaccines and drugs.

Fearing a resurgence of the New World Screwworm parasite in the US, the Department of Agriculture block livestock imports from Mexico ...

Three children have died in the most recent outbreak of measles. This article reviews the symptoms and treatment of measles.

For parasitologists, the answer is simple. Neatly housed in each of the myriad segments of a giant T. solium tapeworm are ...

John Cena never thought it would happen to him. But then he got the call – twice. The spots on his skin were cancerous. Cena’s first skin spot was discovered on his chest – in the area of ...

The US Department of Agriculture has suspended the transport of live cattle, horses and bison through ports of entry along ...