A parasitic worm may raise the risk of cervical cancer through several mechanisms, scientists have found, although HPV ...

Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and ...

It was a movement in Kerala that first cast the spotlight on filariasis and began measures at several levels to eliminate the ...

A parasite as long as 30cm has been found in a man's bladder, shocking. According to Live Science, a 35-year-old man living in Meerut, Uta Pradesh, India, visited the hospital when he was unable to ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that continues to pose a serious health threat in tropical and subtropical regions, ...

The idea of zombies has fascinated humans for centuries. Real-life parasites have been taking over the minds of insects for ...

Salmon is one of the most popular fish worldwide – but it naturally contains more than 70 parasites ... ultimately, in the human body. Workers at these facilities often wear protective suits ...

In parts of Africa, millions of women live with a parasite few in the Western world know about. It’s called Schistosoma ...

Once in the human body the worm larvae migrate to the kidney where they then grow into adult worms and can live for up to five ... kidney worm is rare with the parasite more commonly found in ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

Medics snapped disturbing photos of the parasite as it emerged through a catheter ... how he became infected - the worm’s larvae can live inside undercooked freshwater fish.