See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A 53-year-old man in India developed elephantiasis in his leg after ...

An estimated 120 million people worldwide are infected with lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic, mosquito-borne disease that can cause major swelling and deformity of the legs, a condition known as ...

Sir, Further to Amy Kazmin’s article “Race to zero: India’s fight against elephantiasis” (FT.com, June 16): while a focus on mass drug administration is important in the fight against lymphatic ...

It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in Kabigyemire Village, Busiriba Sub-county in Kamwenge District. Surrounded by ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An apparent surge in elephantiasis cases in Uganda in 2015 was caused ...

MAKURDI – Benue State has stepped up ef­forts to eliminate onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blind­ness, and lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, with stakeholders agreeing on stronger ...

Editor’s Note: Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. It takes eight to 10 years to take hold and once symptoms emerge, it can leave people permanently ...

Of all the exotic diseases that afflict people, elephantiasis ranks among the most dreaded. The threadlike, parasitic worm that causes this lethal disease makes nests in a person’s lymph system. The ...

A 39-year-old's heart paused for 15 seconds during a blood draw, and he needed chest compressions. He had fainted during a blood draw once before. A Man Came In for Swollen Feet and a Foot Wound, and ...

A NEW interest in tropical diseases has been attained in American medicine because of the widespread contact with exotic diseases by troops in the worldwide conflict that terminated on V-J Day. Among ...

What you need to know: Elephantiasis remains a health concern, with two main types: a widespread parasitic form called lymphatic filariasis (LF) and a localised form of non-filarial elephantiasis ...

An international team of researchers has found what might be a cure for river blindness and elephantiasis. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes ...