Australian researchers have used cutting-edge genome technologies to reveal the genetic makeup of a widespread skin parasite causing serious health problems in Aboriginal communities. The research ...

A group of parasitic insects tough enough to kill fire ants has shown researchers a nasty new trick. The creatures hide inside their victim by making the host form a protective bag of its own skin.

A parasite capable of causing a disfiguring skin disease may be endemic in Texas and present in other southern states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2005 to 2019, ...

Once thought limited to overseas, a parasite that can cause a skin-disfiguring disease may be endemic in Texas and present in other southern states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Move over mosquitos. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly. Sand flies are tiny tan flies — about the quarter of the size of a ...

Scientists with the CDC report that they've detected the tropical, flesh-eating parasite leishmaniasis in patients who haven't traveled outside the country Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on ...

A sharp rise in skin-disfiguring parasite infections is leaving experts concerned as cases continue to rise in the US - with many fearing an "endemic." According to the Centres for Disease Control and ...

The parasites that spread sleeping sickness have been shown to stay under the skin of infected patients, not just in their blood, scientists have found out. This discovery could transform the way the ...

Move over mosquitos. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly.Sand flies are tiny tan flies — about the quarter of the size of a ...