Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms ...

The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...

When tapeworms and roundworms set up camp in a body, they give ... It isn't a pleasant role, but parasites are sometimes called on as expert witnesses in cases of animal or human neglect. Myiasis is ...

Cancer grows from mutations in a person’s cells. Parasites are separate organisms that live on or in another host organism.

Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant ... of Calgary's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, told Live Science in an email. The newly identified species ...

And in most cases, the fish can continue to live and feed ... of the ant’s body—it manipulates rather than substitutes. These are ingenious strategies, but neither parasite actually becomes ...

All this means that scientists can study one animal, like the river otter, to learn about the other animals and parasites that live in the same area. This can help inform how to keep human food ...

CQ clears out resistant parasites less efficiently from the human body than sensitive (non-resistant ... resistant parasites survive in a host with intermediate drug concentration, and will ...

That human is Jeong Su-in, a store cashier, who begins to wonder if she’s the only being inside her body. Once they infect humans these parasites control the human’s brain but that’s not ...

Rare parasite discovered in Polish pigs; experts highlight economic impact, health risks and advances in meat inspections.

Parasites are often demonised and misunderstood. But the more we study these oddities and wonders of evolution, the more we appreciate their vital roles in ecosystems and our complex relationships ...