Dublin parks show high levels of roundworm eggs near entrances, highlighting health risks and the need for better pet waste cleanup.

Researchers from Auburn University, in a landmark collaboration with Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), the world's ...

Irish researchers have pinpointed the exact locations in public parks that are most heavily contaminated with a parasite that ...

“The material described herein was found during a freezer clean up: in a pudding of old ice and forgotten Eppendorf tubes, a ...

When Okello laughed, all the homesteads could hear. Often, he’d laugh so hard that he’d have to sit down, and even lay down ...

A woman ate crayfish (also known as crawfish) with worms burrowed into it and subsequently suffered an adverse medical reaction. According to a report published in the Journal of the American Medical ...

Other research suggests the name may date back to writings from the 1760s about worms, or beetle larvae, coming out from bark as trees thaw from the winter. There are also other names for March's ...

While the idea of this pesty situation might give you an inner crawling sensation, a local parasitology enthusiast dug into this buggy dilemma, unveiling that parasites can have a silver lining.

The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of 'sugar worms' to get her children to brush their teeth after sweets. It's a trick I poached to convince my daughter ...

or eye problems. In a brain, the L3 larvae would normally develop into young adults, but human brains are dead ends for the worms, which eventually die there without fully maturing. Some of the ...

Parasitic worm infections are treatable, but early detection and proper medical treatment are essential to prevent complications. Here we share signs you have parasitic worms and what you can do ...

Real worms have now replaced fictitious worms as a point of discussion in many other households with young children. Every few weeks, nurseries and schools inform parents of yet another occurrence ...