Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is one of the most important yet neglected parasitic infections in the world.

Malaria kills over 600,000 people a year, and as the climate warms, the potential range of the disease is growing. While some drugs can effectively prevent and treat malaria, resistance to those drugs ...

The first new malaria treatment in decades holds promise against rising drug resistance after Swiss drugmaker Novartis ...

Ancient fossils unearthed in Morocco reveal parasitic worms burrowing into mollusc shells approximately 480 million years ago ...

The researchers noted no other known species creates this exact shell damage pattern, confirming the worms' ancient origins.

Malaria remains one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite carried by ...

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The Johnson Laboratory proudly sponsored two high school students, Ellie Cartwright and Atlas Moore, from the CU Science Discovery Program. This STEM outreach program engages K-12 students in ...

Thousands of trout raised at two facilities in Western Maryland have been or will be killed because of the discovery of a parasite that causes what is known as "whirling disease," the Maryland ...