A new report has found that 99% of healthcare workers in India face challenges administering antivenom.

Snakebite envenoming (SBE) kills one person every five minutes globally, despite being both preventable and treatable, said a ...

Kingsley Nwangene, a close friend of Abuja-based musician Ifunanya Nwangene, has narrated the singer’s harrowing final hours ...

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, has refuted claims on social media alleging negligence and a lack of anti-snake ...

The answer is very likely no, even if the snake is venomous. Only about five people die per year from snakebite in America. So once the initial shock has passed, there is a better question to ask: ...

India faces a major snakebite crisis with thousands of deaths yearly; GST report highlights treatment challenges and prevention efforts.

Fighting fire with fire? Try fighting venom with toxins. Botulinum toxin — possibly the deadliest chemical compound yet known in nature — may help suppress the most destructive effects of snake venom.

Doctors have long sought a “snakebite pill” that can deliver life-prolonging medicine when and where it’s most needed. Now experiments with an existing drug that treats heavy metal poisoning are ...

In a decision public health activists are calling both landmark and long overdue, the World Health Organization has placed snakebite envenoming on its list of top 20 priority neglected tropical ...