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

Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed. A better ...

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

The post’s claim that ivermectin and other antiparasitics can "cure" cancer is also unproven. Neither the FDA nor the World Health Organization have approved ivermectin to treat cancer, but some ...

Researchers from African and European organisations have published the results of a phase II/III clinical trial that ...

The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...

The Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble identified significant differences between the trypanosomal and human nuclear ...

Parasitic infections or worms can affect anyone, regardless of age or location. While often associated with unsanitary ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have ...