Scientists at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern found certain parasites struggled to make eggs ...

Roundworms, also known as nematodes, are a leading cause of parasitic infection worldwide, causing painful swelling, severe abdominal pain and even blindness. Now, scientists say that viruses carried ...

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black bear ...

AMES, Iowa – The worms can live inside your body for years, decades even. And it’s not the worms themselves that will eventually make you sick. Rather, it’s the thousands of eggs they lay.

Threadworms spend up to 10 minutes exploring human skin before finding the best place to burrow in. When a specific dopamine signal is blocked, the worms almost completely stop trying to penetrate the ...

Doctors warn that the parasite cleanse trend misleads patients, causing health risks and delaying proper diagnosis of ...

In the bustling city of Beijing, China, a 41-year-old woman would leave her home shared with her pet cat and head to work in an office. But in the summer of 2022, her day was interrupted by the ...

Richard Gerhold works for the University of Tennessee and his research lab offers to perform serology tests for moose and elk for wildlife groups, as mentioned in the article, but this service is not ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — A parasitic worm ...

While it might seem shocking, finding a worm in cooked fish isn’t rare. In fact, many saltwater fish, including halibut, can host parasitic worms. These worms are often killed by proper freezing or ...