Alcohol use disorder affects tens of millions of people globally, resulting in massive economic costs and severe public ...

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A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have recently found ...

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population - usually without causing symptoms. But in people with weakened immune ...

Explore the complex mechanisms of cerebral malaria and its severe neurological complications caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite.

A moose in Minnesota stumbles onto the road. She circles, confused and dazed, unable to orient herself or recognize the danger of an oncoming semitruck. What kills her is the impact of 13 tons of ...

A tropical parasite might be making its way into more temperate climates: Rats and snails in five Florida counties have tested positive for rat lungworm, a parasitic worm that can cause a rare type of ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS Pathogens how a microscopic parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can significantly ...

A boy has died after exposure to a rare brain-eating parasite at Lake Mead, the popular recreation area near Las Vegas, health officials say. The brain-eating amoeba, known technically as Naegleria ...