Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

Parasitic worms are difficult to kill with current therapies, but their commensal bacteria might be their Achilles’ heel.

The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts ...

Researchers Test Soil From 17 Burial Sites; Say Roman and Medieval Periods Faced Worst Wave of Parasitic Worm Infections In ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...

Nutrition and lifestyle consultant Madeleine Helm hosts Zoom sessions on health and recently discussed parasite types, their health effects and ways to reduce infection risks.

The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...

Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.