A new study conducted by the team of scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their national collaborators aims to extract genome sequences to fight malaria that still cause 10 million cases each year.
2016 has been the significant year for health scares and breakthroughs. From Zika virus to development of anti-AIDS vaccine to voting for legalized use of marijuana, there have been many interesting developments in the US healthcare sector this year.
In this rare disease new bones grow and stretch throughout the body forming a second skeleton
A new malaria compound has been developed. It is a potential anti-malaria drug that can both treat symptoms and prevent its spread in one dose.
According to the CDC, chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease, might be just as bad as Ebola. Learn five effective ways on how to protect yourself against mosquitos.
Recent studies have found that depression can increase the risk of Parkinson's and heart disease.
While maternal breast milk has proven an effective way of passing vital nutrients and immune-boosting proteins into a newborn baby’s system, a new study published in journal JAMA Pediatrics suggests that it may leave premature infants particularly vulnerable to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. In most cases causing serious disease, and in chronic infections, may even lead to death.
With recent news of vampire-like parasitic plants and the West African outbreak of Ebola, it has become ever-apparent that disease and pestilence can take a serious toll on every species including humans. But have you given much thought to what could be threatening your morning cup of joe? Throughout most of Central America, in regions prime for coffee plantations, lies a fungus who also happens to love its morning brew. Thought to have originated in the coffee plantations of Africa, Hemileia vastatrix more commonly known as “roya” is a pestilent fungus known to cause disease in the species Coffea arabica—otherwise known as coffee.
