A pregnant woman in Tunisia was found with a giant tapeworm cyst. Experts urge caution around dogs, warning against face ...

A rare case in Tunisia highlights the danger of letting dogs lick faces, potentially transmitting the Echinococcus granulosus ...

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I, like any woman who enjoys a peruse through TikTok, have thoroughly enjoyed the recent trend of people sharing unorthodox ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

“Humans are not infected by the adult tapeworms within the dog, but instead ingest Echinococcus eggs passed in dog feces by ...

The New World Screwworm is a devastating parasite now on the US border. Has it been found in Ohio? How to spot them and what ...

The tick that causes Lyme disease can also spread babesiosis—and researchers fear doctors in the mid-Atlantic don’t know ...

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

GOT A GIRL ON IT. SHE’S POSSIBLY BEING GOING DOWN TO CONNECTICUT. IT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING HUMAN TRAFFICKING RELATED. THEY BELIEVE SHE’S ABOUT TO FALL INTO A HUMAN TRAFFICKING SCHEME ...

Horsehair worms, also called Gordian worms, develop in the bodies of grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches and some beetle ...