The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...

New research reveals that canine hookworms in Australia are developing growing resistance to drugs. New research indicates ...

In the highlands of southern Brazil sat an “aggressive” creature covered in scars and visibly infected by parasites.

Noble Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing ...

The worms then burrow out of people’s bodies, blistering the skin as they exit in an agonizingly painful process that can take weeks. In 1986, five years after Carter’s presidency ended ...

Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms ...

They're called screwworms and they've been confirmed in Mexico, putting them just a hop, skip and a flesh destroying jump ...

Cats with severe flea infestations can suffer from skin damage, an allergic reaction, and anemia from blood loss. Fleas can also spread parasites like tapeworms and may transmit diseases.

Despite its name, ringworm is not actually caused by a worm. Ringworm of the scalp ... sometimes remove a growth or take a skin sample for examination under a microscope. You'll want to see ...

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This therapy is the first to activate specific components of the ... Study Traces Ebola's Route to the Skin Surface Jan. 1, 2025 — Researchers have traced a cellular route Ebola virus (EBOV ...