Many people like to blame all chronic illnesses on just one thing – parasites being one of the most common. This is great for ...

A peculiar case of a woman who took tapeworm egg pills as a quick-fix solution to lose weight has come to light. Doctors said ...

Tapeworms are parasites which enter the human ... assumption the abnormal reading was result of an undetectable viral infection, medics used drugs to bring the swelling under control relieving ...

"She would have periods in time where she’d suddenly wake up in the middle of the day and she couldn’t remember anything from the last few hours." ...

Toxoplasma seemed to already possess most of the qualities needed for brain-targeting therapeutics: It could evade the host ...

In the 1990s, the San Miguel Island fox nearly went extinct, with numbers dropping to just 15. A recovery program increased ...

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that triggers specific immune responses in the body. Identifying those hidden ...

caused by a parasites called Babesia microti carried in ticks' saliva, which from there begin to infect a person's red blood ...

Roundworms harbor viruses, which could be responsible for these parasites' painful symptoms in humans, scientists theorize.

California's Channel Islands are home to the Channel Island fox (Urocyon littoralis), one of the smallest and most cherished ...

The Center of Disease Control reported that 10 people developed symptoms of a worm infection after eating rare bear meat.

“Parasites, our time has come! Their broods are gathering. Crawl from head to head, carry the infestation, lay eggs at the ...