The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of 'sugar worms' to get her children to brush ...

This results in the common symptoms of a very itchy bottom ... Threadworms aren't the only worms (helminths) that invade ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...

Most people exposed to the parasites behind babesiosis don't get sick, but for others, the infection can be deadly.

A woman consumed a 'substantial amount of leftover crayfish' and later sustained a fever and lost the ability to communicate ...

Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

I narrate an enquiry from Moses Were a poultry farmer. He narrated on phone that he has been seeing his mother’s rural ...

A WOMAN almost died after eating seafood contaminated with worms that burrowed in her brain. The 60-year-old turned up to ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

Only around 100 cases of brucellosis are reported annually in the U.S., even fewer of which involve feral pigs.