Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to know about them so you can avoid contracting one. Parasites are any organism that lives on or inside, or feeds on ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have ...

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

That means you might be able to see worms or pieces of worms in human poop. There are many types of worms that might be in ...

Never mind allergies, scientists are investigating the more dramatic theory that parasitic worms could improve the symptoms of or even cure debilitating diseases in humans. Some researchers think that ...

The team concluded that these worms could offer insights into DNA repair mechanisms that could one day be adapted for human use. "Chornobyl (the Ukrainian spelling of the place) was a tragedy of ...

Discover the significance of C. elegans in biological research, from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to insights into gene ...

In 1986, the World Health Assembly called for the eradication of Guinea worm. At the start of the Carter Center-led program ...