Doctors in India recently made a rare and unsettling discovery after a 35-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room ...

Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to know about them so you can avoid contracting one.

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

have not been studied in humans. We rate the claim that cancer is a parasite, and ivermectin can be used to treat it, False. This fact check was originally published by PolitiFact, which is part ...

Ironically, thanks to improvements in hygiene and sanitation, the risk of humans contracting these parasites is much lower and our bodies are no longer reaping those benefits. One study showed that ...

But rather than do this, I have decided to be measured and scientific, and convey objectively the destructive and (occasional) helpful things that parasites do to the human body. Despite our suits ...

It might still affect human behavior in important ways. The infection is caused by a brain parasite transmitted by cats. The parasite lives in a sort of symbiosis with our furry friends.

This year’s forecast highlights expanding risk of Lyme, Heartworm, Anaplasmosis, and Ehrlichiosis based on 10 million ...

Thirty percent of those infected develop congestive heart failure as the parasites make their way into the heart. And archaeological finds by other groups support the new genetic data: Mummies and ...

The study sheds new light on how the Chagas Disease parasite invades human cells—a crucial step towards developing effective treatments for this neglected tropical disease. Chagas Disease ...

Parasites are organisms that survive by living on or inside a host body and feeding off its nutrients. They have the ability to inflict various health issues like digestive problems, fatigue, and ...

The emergence of drug-resistant parasites thwarts efforts to control human malaria. How can we understand the mechanism of drug-resistance evolution and build a strategy to delay it? So far ...