A dog in the San Fernando Valley was found to have Baylisascaris, or raccoon roundworm, eggs in its system during a routine ...

Scientists report unusually high Chagas disease parasite rates in kissing bugs collected near the U.S.-Mexico border region.

The Chagas disease has been found in 5 states. — -- A rare parasitic infection called Chagas disease has been gaining headlines in recent weeks after cases of the infection were reported in at ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...

Higher temperatures may make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites, according to new research from the University ...

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

Dear Doctors: A co-worker is doing something called a parasite cleanse. She says if you have symptoms like gas, muscle aches, insomnia and feel hungry all the time, it means you have parasites. How ...

A common parasite expands across species by abandoning sex, boosting short-term spread while risking long-term collapse.

If vitamin C stops cancer in its tracks, and being deficient in it can cause scurvy — the disease long associated with ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have found unusually high levels of parasitic infection in the insects that ...

Social media can be a good thing when it comes to connecting with loved ones, learning new skills, or becoming engaged in social change. But misinformation commonly spreads across social media sites ...