New World screwworm was largely eradicated from the U.S. and Central America in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. But the ...

More than two billion people around the world are infected with a brain parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite is ...

There are parasites all over the world that can infect humans. Some of them are easy to avoid, but others are more common ...

Diabetes occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin to manage a person's blood sugar levels, and doctors treat it ...

ELTON John has shocked fans by revealing he has lost his eyesight following a severe infection. The Your Song singer suffered ...

Researchers have discovered a rare example of "great fish parenting" with a common coral reef species found to actively ...

A study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers sheds new light on how Toxoplasma gondii parasites make the ...

Doctors in China were surprised to discover a parasitic infection had caused live worms to grow under a woman's right eyelid.

A potentially deadly parasite has been found in an Ontario dog, just the latest evidence of its quiet spread through the ...

Scientists have developed genetically modified malaria parasites to prime the immune system, offering improved protection ...