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.

There are a lot of things to keep your eye on when you share your home with a dog, and one of those things is signs of worms. Since so many of them spread to humans, the problem needs to be taken care ...

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

Interest in the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic, but evidence for many of its ...

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.