A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that a parasitic skin disease typically spread through the bite of sand flies may be more common in Texas than ...

BRITS have been urged to be vigilant after a surge in cases of a highly infectious Victorian disease that can trigger ...

Tungiasis is a parasitic skin disease caused by the penetration of the sand flea Tunga penetrans into the skin, predominantly affecting the feet. This condition is prevalent in resource-poor and ...

(CNN) - Move over mosquitoes. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans should guard against. It’s the sand fly. Sand flies are tiny tan bugs about quarter the size of a mosquito that can cause an ...

Scientists report unusually high Chagas disease parasite rates in kissing bugs collected near the U.S.-Mexico border region.

A tropical disease once seen almost exclusively in returning travelers is now being detected in Texas and the American South in people with no international travel history — caused by a parasite ...

Some of the main reasons behind the causes of skin infection in a country like India are due to intense heat or cold weather, ...

If vitamin C stops cancer in its tracks, and being deficient in it can cause scurvy — the disease long associated with ...

Frequent infections are often attributed to low immunity or seasonal changes. Water quality, though, is another factor that ...