Cerebral malaria, a severe complication caused by Plasmodium falciparum, can quickly escalate from a mosquito bite to a ...

Studies in neuroscience with applications to humans offer clues about what makes us start eating, and when we stop.

Mosquito-borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue, and Chikungunya are common in warm areas. Though similar in symptoms, they ...

The idea of zombies has fascinated humans for centuries. Real-life parasites have been taking over the minds of insects for ...

Eating wild berries or drinking free-flowing water may kill you as this rare, hidden parasite that can destroy your liver is ...

A study led by Pompeu Fabra University reveals which brain mechanisms allow psychosis to remit. The results of this ...

Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons ...

No matter how bad things might seem, at least you haven't accidentally eaten fox poop and developed an insidious tapeworm infection that masquerades as a cancerous liver tumor while it slowly destroys ...

Results of two parallel studies show that 1 in 4 African children hospitalized with malaria and coma have an additional ...

A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the ...

The Hood River County Health Department confirmed April 14 that two people have died from a mad cow-like illness called ...

They crawl, they control, and they kill—without a sound. These real-life parasites turn their hosts into pawns in a ...