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Tick season is expected to be worse than ever in Michigan
Detroit Free Press· 2 days agoTicks are on the move this spring, and watch out — tick activity is climbing as the climate changes....
Kenya is gripped by deadly malaria. Could a new locally produced drug be gamechanger?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMalaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted to humans through the bites of...
RFK Jr. says a parasite ate part of his brain. Do parasites actually 'eat' human tissue?
Medical Xpress· 6 days agoRobert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign says a parasitic worm the presidential candidate contracted years...
What Do Brain Worms like the One RFK, Jr., Had Actually Do?
Scientific American· 6 days agoKennedy had been experiencing memory loss and mental fog, and he originally suspected these symptoms...
School SHUTS as hundreds come down with ‘worst illness EVER’ from tap water
The US Sun· 17 hours agoResidents across Brixham, Boohay, Kingswear, Roseland and North East Paignton in Devon must boil...
'Cause' of dirty water that left hundreds ill with diarrhoea 'revealed'
The US Sun· 9 hours agoTHE possible cause of the cryptosporidium outbreak that's contaminated drinking water in Devon has...
Malaria still poses health risks
The Columbian· 3 days agoMalaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito ...
Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease
AFP via Yahoo News· 7 days agoHumans have made our planet warmer, more polluted and ever less hospitable to many species, and...
The Scariest Germs You Can Catch at the Beach
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAscaris infections are actually the most common soil-transmittedparasites in humans, with up to a billion people worldwide currently thought to carry...
What's worse for disease spread: animal loss, climate change or urbanization?
KPBS San Diego· 1 day agoScientists have long known that human activity often helps pathogens spread. Human-caused climate...