A red, parasitic worm turned out to be behind the woman's wide array of symptoms. | Credit: Hossain, M., Kennedy, K. J., ...

Three types of parasites can cause disease in humans. They are protozoa, carried by mosquitos, helminths, such as roundworm, and ectoparasites, for instance lice and bed bugs. Parasites are organisms ...

An emergency room physician shared the CT scan of a patient diagnosed with the parasitic infection called cysticercosis Getty, Sam Ghali, M.D./X An emergency room doctor is sharing the alarming scans ...

Health officials have confirmed the United States’ first human case of New World screwworm infection, a rare but serious parasitic disease that has prompted alerts across both public health and ...

Here’s a comforting thought: you might not actually be alone in your own body right now. Parasites are far more common than most people realize, and they don’t care about your personal boundaries, ...

Millions of patients worldwide are infected with parasitic worms. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), helminth worms are particularly common. Helminth infections are most prevalent in ...

A 13-year study led by the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz reveals why a deadly ...

A human case of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm has been found in the United States in a person who traveled to El Salvador. The parasitic insect is actually a fly that looks similar to a ...

An emergency room doctor is sharing the alarming scans of a patient who was hospitalized after eating undercooked pork. On August 25, Dr. Sam Ghali — an emergency room physician from the University of ...