Scientists have mapped the genome of a worm that causes elephantiasis in what they called on Thursday an important step toward developing new drugs or vaccines to fight the mosquito-borne disfiguring ...

The swelling affects people’s lives in a multitude of ways. Maggie Steber for The Washington Post via Getty Images Lymphatic filariasis is one of the world’s leading causes of permanent and long-term ...

Would you take medication for an illness you didn’t believe you had? Or if you disagreed with healthcare workers about the cause of your condition? This is the dilemma of many people who live in areas ...