A second man from Albany, N.Y., aged 66, who received the donor’s other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, the ...

The 61-year-old man received a new kidney from a deceased donor after being diagnosed with “nephrosclerosis-related end-stage ...

In a disturbing case of medical misdiagnosis, an 18-year-old boy was treated for tuberculosis (TB) for six months before ...

When 17-year-old Manirul Beg from Haldia came to Delhi a year ago, hoping to get herself treated for tuberculosis, little did ...

PHOTO BY MEMORY ROTH A 40-fold increase in a Canadian strain of coyote-borne tapeworm that can cross to the human population is causing concerns for doctors in northern Alberta.

A doctor has revealed the horrifying consequences of eating undercooked meat in response to footage of a tapeworm being pulled out of a woman's mouth. Dr Myro Fugura, a US-based anesthesiologist ...

However, often tapeworms don't cause symptoms. The only sign of tapeworm infection may be segments of the worms, possibly moving, in a bowel movement.

Tapeworm pills for weight loss are being sold on the dark web as doctor recalls one patient’s horrifying story By Hannah Sparks Published Oct. 13, 2024, 2:14 p.m. ET ...

Lenine’s symptoms began in the spring of 2016, with severe headaches that seemed to bloom each night when he lay down to sleep, piercing his temples and leaving him squinting in bright lights ...

A CT scan image revealing tapeworm cysts in a patient's legs is going viral. The condition, called cysticercosis, occurs when individuals ingest Taenia solium eggs from contaminated food or water.

A fish tapeworm infection, or diphyllobothriasis, occurs when a person eats raw or undercooked fish that's contaminated with the parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. Find out more about it here ...

How common are pinworm and tapeworm infections in humans? In the U.S., about half of kids between the ages of 5 and 10 will have a pinworm infection at some point.