Despite global decrease, Chagas disease is rising in non-endemic regions
On Nov. 6, 2025, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School…
WHO announced position on genetically modified mosquitoes
On Oct. 14, 2020, recognizing the urgent need for new tools to combat vector-borne diseases (VBDs), and in…
Researchers at UGA’s Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases received a $16 million grant to study tropical diseases
On Oct. 30, 2019, researchers at the University of Georgia’s Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases received…
University of Alberta researchers discovered the protein PEX3 in the cells of deadly parasite trypanosome
On Aug. 26, 2019, University of Alberta researcher Rick Rachubinski and colleagues announced they had discovered the protein…
Scientists decoded genome of Chagas disease
On Jun. 5, 2012, an international team of scientists decoded genome of Chagas disease. Previously, scientists had only…
Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases (CDIPD) was founded
In 1985, the CDIPD was founded as an NIH-NIAID-supported Tropical Disease Research Unit (TDRU) at University of California,…