Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and ...

In our cities, few suffer more brutal daily violations of their right to life than our homeless fellow-citizens.

A coalition of over 300 citizens, activists, and organisations working with marginalised communities has strongly condemned ...

In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

India's top court said on Wednesday that the practice of giving handouts was creating a "class of parasites" that was ...

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Researchers studying jaguars in Brazil's Pantanal region found dangerous parasites in the big cats' droppings.

In the dark dark wood, there was a dark, dark house. And in that dark, dark house, there was a simulated crime scene.

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Researchers at the (Belgium) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune response against parasites.

The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives” recall her troubled father and the fate of a high school classmate.

Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune ...