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.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and costly chronic disease. Linked to chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

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

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.

"Our genetic analysis revealed the parasitic worms from Côte d’Ivoire ... parasite that infects pigs than those normally found in humans." The parasite's eggs are passed in infected people's ...

Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed. A better ...