The disease is also linked to female genital schistosomiasis, which can cause infertility, chronic pain, and increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. In the long ...

By Sharon AtienoThough more than 200 million people worldwide are affected by schistosomiasis (bilharzia), Africa bears the biggest brunt reporting nine out of ten cases globally. As such, a ...

Georgia wildlife officials are urging anglers, boaters, and lake visitors to help prevent the spread of invasive snail ...

It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February.

With our newly staffed CDC and Bob Kennedy at the helm of national health, we have nothing at all to worry about. Ha ha, just kidding, we should be terrified!

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is urging caution after invasive snail species in the state were found to harbor ...

The state agency warns that the snails were found to have a "low-level presence" of rat lungworm. They note that likelihood ...

Hawaiʻi is considered the epicenter of rat lungworm disease, which is spread when people accidentally consume snails and ...