Schistosomiasis, which is caused by parasitic flatworms, affects nearly 210 million people worldwide, primarily in Africa, Asia, and South America, and is responsible for about 200,000 deaths each year,...

Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Dec. 1 through Dec. 7: 5. Somalia cholera outbreak one year later Our number five post of the week reported on the latest on the cholera...

Tea infusions made from two species of the wormwood plant cured the tropical disease schistosomiasis significantly faster than the drug most commonly used against the ailment—and with no adverse side...

The Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports reported earlier this month (computer translated) that of the nearly 1,000 suspect schistosomiasis cases tested in Rakhine State, 520 were Schistosoma mansoni...

In an update on the schistosomiasis situation in Myanmar, the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports reported (computer translated) over the weekend that there are now 828 suspected patients and 428 laboratory-confirmed...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has presented the Tanzanian government with medicines and equipment for localized Ebola preparedness and the control of malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). In...

Helminthic parasites, like hookworm and liver flukes (schistosomiasis), affect an estimated 1 billion people worldwide. Infection from hookworm and schistosomiasis result in a combined loss of as much...

On Saturday, Union Minister Dr Myint Htwe announced the number of schistosomiasis cases has risen into the hundreds during a meeting on the topic, according to a Ministry of Health and Sports news release...

Derived from nature, a potential new drug to treat two life-threatening tropical diseases has been discovered as a result of collaboration between two Welsh universities. The team of researchers, led...

The Zambian government says 17 cases have been confirmed following the recent outbreak of dysentery at a girls-only technical school in the Lusaka Metropolitan Province. Although 84 suspected cases...