Parasitic worm infection in TB patients makes lung disease more severe, finds study

Mar 28, 2024

The study done by the National Institute of Health (NIH) ICER in collaboration with M Vishwanathan Diabetic Research Centre ( MVDRC) in Chennai on...

Doctors remove 3-inch long live parasitic worm from Australian woman’s brain

Aug 30, 2023

Doctors removed a 3-inch long live parasitic worm from an Australian woman’s brain, the world’s first discovery of a live worm inside a human...

Equatorial Guinea confirms outbreak of Marburg virus, nine persons dead: WHO

Feb 14, 2023

In a press statement, WHO said that Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first-ever outbreak on Monday (local time) after the nine people's samples turned out...

UAE issues travel advisory against dangerous Marburg virus

Apr 05, 2023

Disease is passed on to people from fruit bats and is from the same virus family responsible for the deadly Ebola. Equatorial Guinea...

Scientists revive worm frozen 46,000 years ago

Jul 29, 2023

The roundworm, of a previously unknown species, survived 40 meters (131.2 feet) below the surface in the Siberian permafrost in a dormant state known...

Ebola infects 30, kills 15 in Guinea, DRC

Mar 17, 2021

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the...