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

A new study from the Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble characterized the structure of an important trypanosomal protein ...

A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Like in North America, the Australian parasites have developed genetic mutations, which give the hookworms resistance to treatments that ... be dangerous for both humans and animals," study ...