Scientists this week published information on an unprecedented case in Australia, where they found and extracted a live parasitic worm from the brain of a woman in Canberra. The worm was some 8 ...

That, they say, prevents the build-up of infection, which would otherwise lead to host resistance and removal of the worms by the immune system ... This deeper understanding may well lead to the ...

Though once declared eliminated, the parasitic guinea worm has reappeared in Vietnam, linked to raw food habits and posing ...

Instead of targeting the parasitic worms themselves, Palencia turned his attention to the worm microbiome. “There is a lot of research going on in human microbiota,” said Palencia. “But the microbiota ...

Mexico made a first shipment of sterile parasitic flies to Uruguay to help combat the cattle “screw worm” or Cochliomyia hominivorax, an insect whose larvae or maggots eat living tissue ...

Threadworm infestation is a common minor ailment, particularly in kids. The worm species that causes it—Enterobius vermicularis—goes by many other names, including pinworm. This is because it ...

Threadworm infestation is a common minor ailment, particularly in kids. The worm species that causes it – Enterobius vermicularis – goes by many other names, including pinworm. This is because ...

Roundworms, also known as nematodes, are a leading cause of parasitic infection worldwide, causing painful swelling, severe abdominal pain and even blindness. Now, scientists say that viruses ...

The campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent running for president, confirmed Wednesday that he contracted a ...

Physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have diagnosed a rare parasitic infection in six people who had consumed raw crayfish from streams and rivers in Missouri.