A recent American study has revealed that the venom of an Australian scorpion contains a specific protein that enhances pain ...

I just took this common pain medication...and I was today years old when I learned we don't actually know how it works. 😳 ...

Explore Laveran's groundbreaking discovery of the malaria parasite and its lasting impact on infectious disease research and ...

Dublin pharmacist Sheena Mitchell explains how parents can deal with and treat two very common ailments that kids can pick up ...

Cats are often revered for their stealth and independence, but they are still vulnerable to the dangers of parasites like ...

Some 30 years ago, Apolo Heringer, a Brazilian public health doctor, was participating in a night fishing trip with residents ...

A mum with multiple sclerosis has become the first patient in the UK to receive an experimental treatment that could slow or even stop progression of the disease. Emily Henders, 37, was given an ...

Malaria remains one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year.

The model, researchers showed, can detect parasites in wet mounts of stool with greater sensitivity than a human observer ... further validating its efficacy and improving diagnosis and treatment ...

A 40-year-old male tourist was swimming and filming about 100m from shore in Hadera off the coast of Israel in April when he was suddenly surrounded by a shiver of dusky sharks, a species generally ...