Researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center find a possible new treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma. This ...

Invasive hammerhead worms are spreading in Texas, and have been spotted in Houston, Dallas, Austin and toward the coast.

It literally made his skin crawl. A sewer worker in Spain had the internet gagging after he showed up at the hospital with worms squirming about under his skin, as detailed in the New England ...

A second man from Albany, N.Y., aged 66, who received the donor’s other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, the ...

A creepy-crawly invasive species known as the hammerhead worm is reappearing in Texas, following several weeks of excessive rainfall.

Swimming or wading in contaminated water sources can expose individuals to waterborne parasites. These organisms can penetrate the skin during recreational activities in lakes, rivers, or ...

A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to ...

Despite its name, ringworm is not a worm at all. It is a skin infection caused by a fungus. In dogs, ringworm often presents as a dry, gray, scaly patch, although it may cause no symptoms at all.

Toxic hammerhead worms are resurfacing in North Texas following a bout of ... the hammerhead worm produces a neurotoxin through its skin that can irritate human skin and be harmful to pets if ...

Bearded Fireworms, also known as bristle worms, have been washing ashore on large logs recently. A sting from one could leave you in severe pain with a "fire-like" sensation for three hours.

However, "worms don't have lungs like we do," Thea Whitman, a soil scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Live Science. Instead, earthworms absorb oxygen through their skin, ...