The Niayes region of western Senegal has a coastal microclimate well suited for exotic breeds of cattle, the kind that produce more milk and meat than domestic stock. Yet the area also suffers from ...
If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The Japanese Government and the United Nations have ...
Always hungry for blood, the tsetse fly packs a painful bite. Worse yet, its attack can leave a hapless victim infected with a parasitic disease that kills thousands of people — and millions of ...
he Fear of radiation has come to the tsetse fly, but in this case it’s warranted. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), partnering with the Senegalese government and the United Nations FAO, ...
The tsetse fly might look like an ordinary insect at first glance, but it’s responsible for spreading one of Africa’s most notorious diseases: sleeping sickness. Found across parts of sub-Saharan ...
Researchers have deciphered a crucial signaling mechanism that enables trypanosomes to reach the salivary glands of the flies. LMU researchers have deciphered a crucial signaling mechanism that ...
The blackest horror in darkest Africa is sleeping sickness. Very different from encephalitis lethargica, the sleeping sickness found in the U. S., this disease is caused by trypanosomes (parasitic ...
The genome of the tsetse fly—a disease-ridden insect with surprisingly mammalian biology that stalks the people and livestock of sub-Saharan Africa—has been decoded, a team of 146 scientists announced ...
See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9, PLUS and Passport schedules. Videos from KQED Live Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor ...
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