Boston, MA -- Researchers at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute have identified a protein on the surface of human red blood cells that serves as an essential entry ...

If you turned on the TV or radio today, you could be easily convinced that COVID-19 was the only disease currently affecting the world. Unfortunately, though, many parts of the globe are battling ...

Most people exposed to the parasites behind babesiosis don't get sick, but for others, the infection can be deadly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A model of a malaria-infected red blood cell may lead to better ways to treat malaria, according to a team of engineers and molecular biologists who investigated how this parasite infection causes the ...

Malaria parasites survive tough times by not being too clingy. During Africa’s dry season, when mosquitoes are scarce, malaria parasites have a hard time spreading to new hosts. So the parasites hide ...

A study in Mali suggests that malaria parasites hide out during the dry season by altering the properties of red blood cells. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Each year malaria kills roughly 400,000 people, ...