SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. - A video of thousands of tiny sand fleas is going viral on the Space Coast. A longtime beachgoer ...

Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite spread by cats, can shred human sperm and may be an overlooked factor in declining male ...

Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good ...

If you’ve handled cat litter or eaten raw meat or unwashed produce, there’s a chance you might have a permanent toxoplasmosis ...

After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.

Horsehair worms can grow up to a foot long and manipulate host insects — and sometimes show up in toilets — but are harmless ...

The most common way people swimming inland get sick is by swallowing the water. How much you consume matters: “If you swallow ...

Kevin Liévano-Romero abandoned a veterinary career in Colombia to move to the United States, where he studies feared but ...

"Most people have a pretty poor opinion of parasites," said Chris Moore, a post-doctoral researcher for the University of Florida. Moore showed WPTV how they did their research along the lagoon at ...

A parasite cleanse is a diet, herbal supplement, or other product that claims to get rid of parasites in your body. People who promote these cleanses claim that parasites are the cause of ...

Prof Maizels says: ‘Infecting people with parasites is essentially flying blind. What we’re doing in the laboratory is seeing if we can identify the helpful molecules in this process and ...

The Cleveland Clinic says that as many as 740 million people have hookworm disease throughout the globe, and it is especially prevalent in more tropical parts of the world. Transmission occurs ...