The trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a major impact on human health and disease. These microbes help us digest food and absorb nutrients; they can ...

Learn how parasites that contaminate food pose a major threat around the world, disproportionately affecting low- and ...

A disease surveillance strategy modeled on the body's immune system detected more disease-carrying insects than the traditional top-down approach, according to a study led by researchers from the ...

Expanding monitoring of wastewater can help prevent outbreaks and slow the spread of disease from sewage-contaminated water ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. The parasite's spread can become a self-perpetuating cycle. Cyclospora is found only in humans, where it replicates in the intestinal tract, ...

Many doctors caution their pregnant patients to avoid cat feces; even the family pet's litter box is off-limits. Now researchers have discovered a promising therapy for those who suffer from ...

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) issued a nationwide malaria alert on the 13th. Malaria is a disease transmitted when Anopheles mosquitoes inject protozoa into humans during ...

The nationwide cyclospora outbreak is very likely a result of sewage contamination in the food supply, according to scientific researchers and public health officials. The parasite’s spread can become ...