W hen some snakes bite, they can deliver a powerful punch of toxin-filled venom that damages organ systems and can even result in death. Annually, around 400,000 snakebite victims die worldwide. One ...

For the first time, researchers have identified an effective treatment for African spitting cobra bites, which currently lead ...

First, mice were intradermally challenged with African spitting cobra venom. Mice received doses from the West and East African forms of Naja nigricollis, the black-necked spitting cobra.

The Witness reports Martha Siphiwe Masango (58), a lodge housekeeper in Pongola, KZN, died in November after being bitten by a Mozambican spitting cobra ... Marais of the African Snakebite ...