Kerala rubber plantations face threat from ambrosia beetles and fungi, causing tree damage and economic losses.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. Orison ...

Surgeons with beards show lower MRSA colonisation rates, challenging assumptions about facial hair and infection risk.

Globally, more than 1.27 million people die of drug-resistant illnesses a year and that’s projected to increase to 10 million ...

Failing to wash your hands after using the bathroom can result in a range of viral and bacterial conditions, such as skin, ...

Most bacteria that cause meningitis are carried in the human nose and throat. They spread from person to person by ...

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University Last week my research students and I were carefully searching a beaver pond for ...

Deep in the wild, a parasitic fungus hijacks the minds of insects controlling their behavior and turning them into living ...

Summary: New research highlights how parasitic infections can alter brain chemistry and behavior in humans. Toxoplasma gondii, among others, appears to manipulate dopamine and immune responses, ...

Neuroangiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease, is a serious parasitic disease humans can become infected with after consuming raw snails or slugs.

A research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has uncovered a new way in which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human ...

New research from the University of Pittsburgh reveals how the immune system defends against intestinal parasitic worms, or helminths, one of the most common infections worldwide in communities with ...