X-ray images reveal the disturbing result of a culinary blunder that led to a man becoming infested with tapeworm eggs. Sam ...

This is the disgusting and shocking scene which awaited medics giving an X-ray to a man whose body was filled with parasitic ...

Dr Sam Ghali, an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida, shared the X-ray images in an ...

Tritrichomonas foetus (Tritric) is a microscopic menace that can turn a household into a battleground of chronic illness.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting ...

In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...

Scientists have predicted that the rate of foodborne trematode infections will remain stable up to 2030. Foodborne ...

Parasite biology is the study of all biological aspects of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the structure, growth, development, genetics, ecology and evolution of these organisms ...

Water is often contaminated with parasites like giardia, which causes diarrhea, gas, and smelly and greasy poop, Alan says — and those symptoms can last for up to six weeks. "Also remember that other ...

Parasite genomics is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the genetic material (genome) of parasites, primarily using sequencing, bioinformatics and computational tools. The ...

Birds are always up to something, and these entries captured an array of avians doing everything from impaling prey to ...