Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to know about them so you can avoid contracting one. Parasites are any organism that lives on or inside, or feeds on ...

An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.

The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

It's all connected: coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases, loss of biodiversity, and destruction of the ...

Cancer grows from mutations in a person’s cells. Parasites are separate organisms that live on or in another host organism.

A new study from the Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble characterized the structure of an important trypanosomal protein ...

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 ...

The movie imagines mutated parasites taking over the bodies of humans to wreak havoc on an idyllic town. Breathe easy, though—in reality, Cymothoa exigua, the parasitic isopod in question ...

In early 2021, a 64-year-old woman from south-eastern New South Wales began dealing with stomach aches and diarrhoea, which ...

The Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble discovered notable differences between the nuclear cap-binding complex in trypanosomes and humans, a critical component in cellular RNA metabolism. Trypanosomes ...