Acute sleeping sickness – the treatment is almost as horrific as the disease. But now there is encouraging news about an oral medication – one that's also been used for chronic sleeping sickness to ...

In 2004, when physician Dr. Wilfried Mutombo began treating patients diagnosed with sleeping sickness, the available treatments were themselves horrific and sometimes deadly. "The widely available ...

A parasite that lives in human blood has been pulling off a strange trick for decades. It covers itself in a dense coat of proteins so the immune system struggles to recognize it, yet it somehow ...

People who reported sleeping more than nine hours were 44% more likely to report an infection, the study found. Shutterstock Don’t want an infection? Catch some Z’s — but not too many. A recent study ...

Tsetse fly. It transmits parasites that cause sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana disease in animals. [iStockphoto] Tsetse flies - which transmit tiny parasites that cause sleeping sickness in ...

From late-night scrolling to blurred work-life boundaries, sleep is taking a hit – especially for young adults. Here’s how ...