Parasitic Infections Stories
Mosquitoes and other insects tend to target specific hosts, and it all depends on a chemical attraction.
Super head lice resistant to the most popular OTC treatments are now everywhere in the United States, a recent study finds.
A teenage Indian girl found an unwelcome visitor hiding in her left eye — the cyst of a pork tapeworm that abruptly popped out during an eye exam.
A new animal study suggests that parasitic worm infestations may be able to restore balance to the erratic gut microbiomes of people with Crohn's Disease.
A new study suggests that bed bugs may partly ward off insecticides by literally evolving thicker skins.
One Chinese man learned the hard way how harmful it can be to eat raw beef.
Archaeological evidence reveals Roman bathhouses were dirtier than we could imagine.
Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli revealed plans to drastically raise the price of another life-saving drug.
Certain intestinal worm infections have been noted to boost the fertility rates of women living in an isolated Bolivian community.
A California man is lucky to be alive after doctors found a tapeworm cyst lodged in his brain.
The thought of intestinal worms sneaking around our bodies is pretty unpleasant, but some types of worms are beneficial and could help treat inflammatory diseases.
Intestinal worms can compel their host's microbiome to do its bidding, new research finds.