Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

When she lands on human skin, she sucks up blood through her needle-shaped mouth and injects saliva into the wound. If this saliva contains Plasmodia parasites, the victims will soon suffer severe ...

According to one physiology expert, a little-known parasite ... red blood cells, required for carrying oxygen around the body, leading to symptoms including yellowing of the skin, dizziness ...

Findings from a new study could help doctors select more effective treatments earlier for patients suffering from leishmaniasis, a disfiguring skin infection.

Human botfly larvae ... eggs to mosquitoes and other blood-sucking insects. When the mosquito bites a victim, the eggs hatch. Then the larvae wriggle into your skin, creating a painful pimple ...

3 “In mouse models, the malaria parasites do appear to be aligned with the circadian clock of a host,” he said, but scientists were not sure if this was true in humans as well. To find out, the ...