Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, ...
As the weather warms and pets begin to spend more time outdoors, it’s important to stay mindful of the risks that come with ...
People in the Pacific Northwest are monitoring an on-the-move parasite: Echinococcus multilocularis, a disease-causing ...
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This worm is too nosey

It all started when this unidentified 58-year-old Greek woman was working outdoors and grazing sheep. She noticed a bunch of ...
If your pet spends time outdoors, it could be helping an invasive species spread—and you might not realize it until a slimy ...
Your pet might be helping spread something you can't even see.
That’s the surprising finding from a study published in PeerJ, which documented how invasive flatworms are spreading across France by clinging to the fur of household dogs and cats. The slow-moving ...
A woman in Greece experienced an extremely rare and unsettling medical condition after unknowingly becoming a host to ...
New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the United States and Canada has arrived ...
External parasites, such as fleas and ticks, live on the body of the host and produce an infestation.
Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the initial illness. For the millions of people around the world who are ...