A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma ...

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of years ago, humans lost the ability to produce vitamin C, a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, new ...

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A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii , a common parasite affecting up to one-third of the global population, is far more complex than previously ...

Malaria remains a major global public health challenge, with millions of cases reported annually despite sustained control ...

Diseases such as river blindness, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis impair the health and economic participation of entire populations and, despite the progress that has been made, are under ...

Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C. It’s long been unclear why. But Dallas researchers may have uncovered an explanation — and it involves parasitic infections. At ...