How AI is Changing Ophthalmology Introduction On Wednesday, the 11th of June 2025, Research and Innovation Agenda hosted Dr.

U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected ...

From the Department of Tropical Medicine of Harvard University and the Medical Department of the United Fruit Company. Strong — Professor of Tropical Medicine, Harvard University Medical School ...

commonly known as “river blindness", is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. It is transmitted to humans by the repeated bites of infected blackflies that breed in flowing rivers. “These ...

River blindness is a parasitic disease caused by the worm Onchocerca volvulus, transmitted through ... barely noticeable to the naked eye. Before one realises it, the fly has already sucked ...

making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Eliminating a disease is a ...

making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Eliminating a disease is a ...

River blindness or onchocerciasis is an eye and skin disease transmitted ... Moxidectin will not kill adult Onchocerca volvulus worms; therefore the patient should be advised to go for a follow ...

It is also used for Onchocerciasis or River blindness caused by the parasite named Onchocerca volvulus • Scabies ... problem with unusual back pain, eye bleeding, shortness of breath, failure ...

Luckily, eye worms do not usually interfere with their hosts’ vision but can cause pain ... It involves chemotherapy and sometimes even surgical removal followed by systemic treatment. Onchocerca ...

"Eye creams need to be formulated a little bit differently than how you would formulate products for the rest of the face." "Dark circles are the result of aging, lifestyle choices, and genetics ...

NEW YORK – A global plan to reduce neglected tropical disease transmission by 2030 may soon get a boost by a new assay to detect Onchocerca volvulus, the parasite that causes river blindness.