NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in South Cotabato are reporting a filariasis case in a remote sitio in Koronadal City. The individual in Sitio El Lalam, Barangay Assumption  tested positive of...

A paper published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine presents the results from a study which examined the use of an infrared thermal imaging camera as a novel non-invasive point-of-care tool for lymphatic...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Integrated Provincial Health Office in South Cotabato in the southern Philippines report intensifying surveillance and case-finding activities against filariasis to keep the province...

In this podcast, I briefly go over 20 mosquito-borne diseases. In this not all inclusive list, I discuss a range of diseases to include malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever and more of the most common diseases,...

The Philippines are battling large outbreaks of the vaccine-preventable disease, measles and the vector-borne disease, dengue fever currently;however, health officials are reminding the public of another...

Five years ago, Bill Gates wrote in his blog that the deadliest animal in the world is the mosquito. When it comes to killing humans, no other animal even comes close. According to the World Health Organization,...

A mosquito-borne parasitic disease, lymphatic filariasis is one of nearly two dozen neglected tropical diseases.  Infection is usually acquired in childhood and causes hidden damage to the lymphatic...

The entire eligible population of Samoa will have been treated with the new triple drug regimen recommended by WHO for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis (LF), a disabling and disfiguring neglected...

Filarial worms are long thread like worms that live in the tissue and body cavities of vertebrates. Their eggs mature into tiny larvae called microfilariae. There are at least eight filarids that are of...

Millions of Nigerians no longer are at risk of a disfiguring tropical disease, thanks to a pioneering partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health and The Carter Center. The partners have eliminated...