Researchers believe they’ve figured out that worm-like parasites may help stomach and bowel diseases, NBC News reports. "Our findings are among the first to link parasites and bacteria to the origin ...

You can take certain steps to lower your chances of becoming an unwitting host to one of these nasties. Practicing basic ...

The thing the curious doctor was busy disentangling and studying last week looked like an endless skein of white rubber band. Actually, he explained happily, it was 100 ft. of rare tapeworm which he ...

Scientists at ARUP Laboratories have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that detects intestinal parasites in stool samples more quickly and accurately than traditional methods, potentially ...

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites – the whipworm. The mapping reflects the parasite's ...

It’s Halloween season, the liminal period when the general public seems to have a greater tolerance for stomach-churning content, so let’s talk about parasites, perhaps the most disgusting — and ...

Health officials have sounded the alarm over an outbreak of a gruesome diarrhoea-causing parasite at a petting farm in Wales. At least 28 people have been infected with cryptosporidium which can pass ...

Health officials have warned that the toll of a recent outbreak of the gruesome 'crypto' parasite at a petting farm in Wales is far greater than previously thought. The number of people thought to ...

The single-celled protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is a fascinating parasite. Replicating only in cat intestines, it is excreted in feces and subsequently spreads to many other organisms, not just felines.