This results in a relentless cycle of infection. The symptoms of river blindness are as distressing as they are debilitating. Early signs include intense itching, changes in skin texture and color ...

Blackfly in test tube, Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta (182388). A common parasitical disease spread by a species of blackfly, onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, can cause vision changes or ...

Frank Richards from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1996, he and Jimmy Carter had a goal: eliminate river blindness from the earth. River blindness doesn’t get as much press as ...