The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government, through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a laboratory for the diagnosis and treatment of ...

You may dismiss it as an insect bite when bumps or bites appear on your body. But when those bumps grow, become tender, or damage your skin, you may question what caused the spots. A skin disease ...

Former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Botwev Orhii, has raised alarm over the rapid spread of a deadly skin disease known as ...

Buruli ulcers, one of the 'neglected tropical diseases' left aside by big pharma and governments alike, are reasonably well treatable, also in poor regions. But then more attention has to be paid to ...

Clearing tropical forests may raise the risk of people being exposed to a gruesome disease called Buruli ulcer, a new study suggests. When people push into tropical forests to build farms, roads and ...

A skin ulcer is an open wound that develops on the skin as a result of injury, poor circulation, or pressure. Skin ulcers can cause symptoms such as skin discoloration, itching, scabbing, swelling, ...

Dear Doctor: I heard about a place in Australia where there's suddenly a whole bunch of cases of flesh-eating bacteria. What kind of bacteria is this? Can something like that happen here in the United ...

An epidemic of the flesh-eating bacteria infection Buruli ulcers is worsening in Australia, and as infection rates continue to rise, experts are struggling to pinpoint the cause. "Our hypothesis is ...

To Rob Courtney, it looked like a sunburn. But after a few days, the redness and inflammation got worse. Soon, the skin on his right foot was split open, the wound oozing. His doctor sent him straight ...