A study by Trinity College zoologists have pinpointed the entrances to public parks and children's playgrounds in the capital as areas rife with roundworm eggs - primarily originating from dog faeces ...

In a nutshell A rare disease drug may help fight malaria. Nitisinone, a medication approved for rare genetic conditions, ...

Park entrances have the highest concentration of Toxocara parasite eggs, followed by playgrounds, posing a health risk to ...

Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...

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

In the fight against malaria, controlling the mosquito population is crucial. Several methods are currently used to reduce ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...

In a new study, researchers discovered a key process where malarial parasites take up a human blood cell ... Essential Genome of Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Knowlesi Mapped Feb. 6, 2025 — A new ...

From mice performing first aid to birds using antioxidants, animals display remarkable self-medication behaviors that could ...

Parasitic diseases are still the primary diseases that seriously threaten human health and life, and liver pathology is the leading cause of morbidity and ...

UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy ...

The 'rat lungworm' typically takes root in humans from undercooked vessels ... a medication specifically aimed at treating parasitic worm infections. In the two weeks following the shift in ...