Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered a benefit of vitamin C ...

The parasitic infection schistosomiasis affects an estimated 200 million people globally, many of them children. But campaigns to identify and treat it face formidable hurdles. Mohammed Aliyu, 11, ...

Zanzibar — ZANZIBAR Minister for Health Mr Nassor Ahmed Mazrui has commended the China- Zanzibar Schistosomiasis Control Cooperation Project for its significant achievements, calling it a model of ...

Considerable progress has been made in efforts to eradicate schistosomiasis from several endemic communities along the Volta Lake. This achievement was revealed during a stakeholder engagement session ...

Outbreaks have cropped up in Spain and Portugal, with fears that warming weather and human activity could turn more idyllic waterways into danger zones A POTENTIALLY deadly parasite carried by snails ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis — a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm — have been revealed by ...

DAR ES SALAAM, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Tanzania's Zanzibari authorities have opened a new chapter of health cooperation after launching the second phase of the China-aided schistosomiasis ...

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, remains a significant public health challenge in Ghana, affecting millions of people, particularly school-aged children. Dr. Enoch Mensah Boateng, a renowned ...

TACLOBAN CITY — A parasitic disease endemic to Eastern Visayas continues to affect residents of the region. In a report released on Oct. 24, the Department of Health in Eastern Visayas (DOH-8) said at ...

Trirupa Chakraborty is affiliated with Light Up non-profit organisation, based in India. The organisation does not have any connection with or benefits from this article. Aniruddh Sarkar has received ...

When Dr. Isaac Chikwanha was a kid in Zimbabwe, he got schistosomiasis. At the time, he didn't think about the cause of this parasitic disease: a worm that penetrates your skin and takes up residence ...