Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.

For many decades, movies and television series have been a way to peer into worlds that are different from our own. Fiction and the media have long existed as a means for artists to show audiences ...

Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C. It’s long been unclear why. But Dallas researchers may have uncovered an explanation — and it involves parasitic infections. At ...

Dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets in winter can pose a public health risk once the snow and ice melt.

Schistosoma mansoni worms, the cause of schistosomiasis, a microscopic worm that plagues more than 200 million across the globe, are seen through a microscope at the lab of University of Georgia ...