A tick bite can look like a red, swollen area on your skin. There may also be a bull's eye around the bite. Sometimes, the tick will still be attached to you.

The sterile fly technique, first used by the U.S. in the 1960s and now in Panama, prevents female screwworms from reproducing ...

[BUENOS AIRES, SciDev.Net] The declaration of Suriname as the first malaria-free Amazonian country by the World Health Organization should spur other countries in the region affected by illegal mining ...

Rodents are fascinating little creatures that provide hours of entertainment. They are easy to care for – and most love ...

A fly factory that grows sterilized screwworm flies — noted for their ability to consume living tissue — should be up and ...

“It’s an exceptionally good technology,” said Edwin Burgess, an assistant professor at the University of Florida who studies ...

Operator of local equine rescue faces criminal charges stemming from a fraud investigation that began in February, as well as ...

Interest in the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic, but evidence for many of its ...

Novartis said on Tuesday it had received approval in Switzerland for Coartem Baby, which it said was the first drug to treat ...

Coartem® (artemether-lumefantrine) Baby becomes first malaria treatment approved for newborn babies and young infants Rapid approvals in eight African countries now expected under a special global ...

Report highlights deteriorating conditions at D.C. jail, overcrowding, and failing infrastructure. Calls for a new facility ...