Renee Nicole Good’s extraordinary award-winning poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs” contains a line I keep coming back ...

For a second year, members of the Senate Health Committee advanced a bill Thursday to allow pharmacists to sell ivermectin, a ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C. It’s long been unclear why. But Dallas researchers ...

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have found unusually high levels of parasitic infection in the insects that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scientists have confirmed a never-before-seen type of insect ...

Lately, social media feeds have been crawling with testimonials about “parasite cleanses” and DIY worm detoxes. Many people may be unknowingly infected, influencers on TikTok and Instagram claim, and ...

A 61-year-old became critically ill weeks after a successful kidney transplant and revealed the kidney was infected with parasitic worms. Robina Weermeijer via Unsplash Ten weeks after a New England ...

About two months after receiving a donated kidney, a 61-year-old man ended up back in the hospital. He was tired, nauseous, and vomiting. He was also excessively thirsty and producing too much urine.

Adult fruit fly brain infected with Wolbachia (in green). (Image by Brandt Warecki) Some parasites can hijack the behavior of the animals they infect. Grasshoppers colonized by hairworms will jump ...