An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.

Ticks can be found on every continent in the world, including Antarctica. Like spiders, ticks are arachnids, but ticks are parasites because they feed on the blood of animals and humans.

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.

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

There isn't an exact or estimated percentage of how often worms are found in strawberries ... environmentally friendly nor beneficial for human health," explained Lahiri. "Having pesticide ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Twiggy, a hound dog found running loose on Johns ... Animal advocates say kidney worms commonly enter a dog or human’s body through raw fish or frogs ...

Analyzing the sequences revealed that bacteria belonging to the genera Meiothermus and Anoxybacillus made up most of the worms’ microbiome. Although scientists have found these species in frigid ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...

The human brain, the nervous system of a worm, and a computer chip have striking ... elements in each system are networked together. They found that all three shared two basic properties.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — There’s a new infectious worm that Texas officials are warning ... but they can also infest birds, pets and humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.