A study of migrants in Italy has shown how statistical modeling can help improve the identification of neglected tropical disease (NTD) infections. NTDs are a group of 21 diseases that ...

The Norovirus, or the stomach bug, has resurged — ravaging communities across the United States. The virus is exceptionally contagious and spreads easily through contaminated food, water, surfaces and ...

A small U.S. foreign aid program worked for nearly two decades to help countries eliminate tropical diseases that aren't known to many people. The Trump administration ended the program in January. OK ...

Around 2018, Diango Tounkara started having trouble seeing at night. "I didn't know what was wrong," she says in Bambara, a language spoken in her native Mali. "It was getting worse and worse by the ...

Photographic examples of a plant disease dataset. (a) Balck rot; (b) Northern leaf blight; (c) Isariopsis leaf spot; (d) Brown spot. Researchers have made significant progress in the field of ...

Pathogens around the world just got a helping hand from the Trump administration. Next year should have been a year of celebration for experts dedicated to ridding the world of disabling and deadly ...

Mosquitoes may be tiny, but they cause some of the biggest problems for humans. Known for their buzzing sound and itchy bites, these insects also spread life-threatening diseases such as malaria, ...

The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization and other partners, conducted a comprehensive review of Chagas disease in Switzerland.

Inspection of incoming plants by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and USDA, plus support of the University of Hawaii ...