An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm ( Cochliomyia hominivorax) has killed seven people and infected at least ...

Communication between parasites and their hosts is a central determinant of infection outcome, shaping parasite survival, tissue tropism, immune modulation, ...

Parasites are real, but social media tends to make them sound like a daily certainty, which is not how it works for most ...

A man in Quang Tri was stunned to learn his fatigue and muscle pain were caused by parasitic cysts, likely linked to his ...

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...

The New World screwworm is getting dangerously close to the U.S., public health officials warn. If left untreated, a ...

They found that bathing in hot springs subtly reshapes the snow monkeys’ relationships with their parasites and gut microbes.

Such evidence suggests early heartworms evolved alongside canines millions of years ago. Mosquitoes existed long before ...

A new playbook for cancer prevention in Africa is helping scientists uncover hidden links between everyday infections and cancer. Wits researchers have developed a ‘microbial watchlist’—a way of ...

A tiny worm turns static electricity into a powerful weapon, launching itself through the air to catch flying prey.

Heartworm disease is caused by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis. It is spread to dogs by mosquitoes and can be fatal. Adult ...

Only a few hours earlier, a shark knocked an 11-year-old boy into the water at Dee Why—just north of Manly—and bit a chunk ...