The parasite enters its mammalian hosts via the bloodstream during a tsetse fly bite, and usually exits the same way. Why T.

The malaria parasite is still killing almost half a million people every year. A project has now identified a gene that holds ...

Maria Palen from California is battling paralysis, but doctors are not 100 percent sure why. The 31-year-old started feeling pain and inflammation in 2018 but thought diet and working out would ...

A tingling sensation in your feet is usually the result of poor blood circulation. But every so often, it’s an indicator of a ...

A new study published in the Journal of Biogeography reveals that the prevalence of malaria-like blood parasites in birds ...

Now, in a study published Friday (July 15) in Cell Metabolism, researchers describe the complicated tug-of-war between host and parasite that appears to explain malaria-associated hypoglycemia.

Antimalarial drug resistance is a pressing issue in combating the spread of malaria worldwide. In a new study, researchers ...

Blood smear tests showed no evidence of parasites, and a computed tomography (CT) scan of her head showed no acute intracranial abnormalities. But, the results of a spinal tap showed a clear ...

A protein found in the saliva of Anopheles gambiae stopped blood from clotting in the insects’ stomachs and aided parasite transmission. Shelby is an assistant editor for The Scientist. She earned her ...