Backed by the Department of Defense, Ophirex is developing the first oral snakebite treatment, making on-the-ground treatment ...

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 ...

Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have completed a Phase I clinical trial for a new oral ...

Company announces agreement with FDA on human approval pathway based on Animal Rule Varespladib has received FDA MUMS designation for treatment of snakebite in dogs Animal health leader Aaron Schacht ...

Botox is best known as a cosmetic injection that smooths wrinkles and softens facial lines. Now, researchers are exploring ...

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 ...

In the heat of a Tucson summer, it’s not just grasshoppers that are hissing. Blended into the desert sand, hidden around rocks and shrubs, there can also be the rattle of a diamondback snake.

A California toddler’s encounter with a venomous rattlesnake turned out to be plenty costly for his family. Though the boy was successfully treated with antivenom, the lifesaving medication originally ...

Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking new snakebite treatment to prevent the devastating tissue damage caused by African spitting cobra venom. Spitting cobra venom is incredibly potent and ...

They said the venom from certain species -including the black mamba and forest cobra - was only partially neutralized. They say that shows that both the composition of the venom and the timing of ...

Credit: Getty Images. The month’s case looks at what the standard of proof is for a patient’s negligence claim against an ED physician. The hospital had Snakebite Treatment Guidelines which were taken ...