A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma ...
The New World screwworm feeds on live tissue, according to the CDC ...
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 ...
Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle ...
A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...
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 ...
Public health experts have warned that treatable, neglected diseases nearly eradicated in Africa are resurging, The New York ...
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 ...
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 ...
When we think parasites, we often think of illness, disease, and discomfort. But did you know some of them can actually be ...