Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tim Friede, a self-taught snake expert based in California, exposed himself to the venom of snakes over the course of nearly 18 ...

Ifunanya Nwangene died in hospital after being bitten in her Abuja home, raising questions about the availability of effective antivenoms ...

An international team of researchers has created a new antivenom that could be more effective and easier to produce than current antivenom treatments, they announced last week. In a study published in ...

It’s not often that a major scientific paper leads one to a story like this. It was while reading a new Cell study on snake venom antibodies that the name of a “hyperimmune donor” in the ...

These included the black mamba, king cobra, tiger snake, coastal taipan, and Papuan black snake. Each antibody was given to mice, which were then injected with the snake venom. This allowed the ...

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

Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media reports in 2017 of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of the world’s deadliest snakes, including cobras, mambas and ...

Snakebite deaths in Gombe State exposed the rising cost of anti-snake venom drugs, as families turned to traditional remedies ...

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The Senate has urged the Federal and State Governments to urgently ensure the adequate stocking, availability, and accessibility ...

Researchers have published the first example of a synthetic sugar detection test for snake venom, offering a new route to rapid diagnosis and better antivenoms. Every five minutes, 50 people are ...

(CNN) — Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media reports in 2017 of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of the world’s deadliest snakes, including cobras, ...