Most common parasitic infections are not directly related to infertility. However, there are several parasitic infections ...

Parasitic worms that infect mammalian intestines are helminths. Some cause chronic infections. In order to protect themselves from the body’s innate immune system, many species of worm are adept at ...

In a population of Congo Basin foragers called the Aka, 67% of men—but only 6% of women—use cannabis, and the practice seems to protect against infection with parasitic worms. The large sex difference ...

A parasitic worm might be the impetus behind a new generation of medicine. In a recent review in published in Clinical & Translational Immunology, Neima Briggs, MD, Ph.D., instructor of medicine ...

You can eat well, exercise and feel perfectly fine, yet still have intestinal worms. A doctor explains why these infections ...

Many parasitic infections can cause “severe and long-lasting health problems” after the initial illness, a doctor told ...

Several USDA-supported cyclospora research projects are reportedly being shuttered after losing federal funding.

Parasitic co-infections have emerged as an important modifier of COVID-19 clinical trajectories, particularly in regions where helminths and protozoa remain endemic. In many low- and middle-income ...