Why climate change is making parasitic diseases harder to predict: mycteria/Shutterstock It’s a sunny day. Look out of your window. See anything unusual flying by? Look closely. There are midges, and they are not friendly. Some of them are carrying a virus of sheep and other animals called bluetongue. You are not personally at risk …
COVID-19 might have reversed the war against a serious parasitic disease: Prevention and control measures like insecticide spraying have been hampered by lockdowns. Sia Kambou / AFP via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the clock back by years in the fight against other diseases. It has interrupted research, trials and other efforts to …
How parasitic worms could lead to new treatments for asthma: Vector Mine/Shutterstock The UK has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world – around 9% of the population – with 60,000 emergency hospital admissions every year. This translates on average to three people dying from asthma in Britain every day. Asthma is …
Why drugs alone won’t stop the spread of parasitic worms in Africa: Parasitic worms live in the soil and water where they can constantly reinfect people. EPA/Jane Hahn Deworming has become a common practise across the world. It has proved very successful reducing the burden of parasitic worms among children by more than 50%. The …