The New World screwworm feeds on live tissue, according to the CDC ...
A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma ...
Public health experts have warned that treatable, neglected diseases nearly eradicated in Africa are resurging, The New York ...
A tropical disease once seen almost exclusively in returning travelers is now being detected in Texas and the south in people with no international travel history — caused by a parasite strain that’s ...
A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...
Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle ...
California has the largest number of people in the U.S. infected with Chagas disease — between 70,000 and 100,000. Many people do not know they are ill until they have a heart attack or stroke. It’s ...
Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by water borne schistosome parasites that affects more than 200 million people worldwide, causing chronic illness, disability and, in severe cases, life threatening ...
Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug distribution to prevent and treat them was derailed in many places in 2025 after ...
People typically become infected with toxoplasmosis by eating undercooked meat or through contact with contaminated soil or cat feces. Once inside the body, the parasite is known for its ability to ...
New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite eradicated from the U.S. in 1982, has resurfaced in several Mexican states that ...
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