Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest ...

The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday halted cattle shipments from Mexico to the United States over concerns of the New World screwworm parasite's rapid spread.

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their ...

A second man from Albany, N.Y., aged 66, who received the donor’s other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, the ...

Two men in Massachusetts and New York, who are 61 and 66 years old, have been left riddled with parasitic worms after receiving a common organ transplant from the same donor.

Remove the tick with fine-tipped tweezers, grabbing the tick close to the skin, the CDC recommends ... and some may transmit ...

technology The high-tech parasites feeding off human hosts It’s no blood-sucking invertebrate but is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design – your smartphone.

The greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal.

Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are working to turn the findings into therapies ...

Researchers have also observed these parasites in the ejaculate of many animals, including human semen, raising the possibility of sexual transmission.

Most people don’t get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't like most people.