By Dina Gavarieva Parasitic infections, long thought to be confined to developing countries, are a global issue that can impact anyone, regardless of geography or socioeconomic status including those ...

Mexico will resume cattle exports to the United States starting this week, after the detection of screwworm parasites ...

The USDA bans Mexican cattle imports after screwworm discovery, prompting Texas officials to warn about the parasite's threat ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders turning them into 'zombies' in Ireland and Northern ...

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the state decades ago, but now officials are warning it may be poised to return.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins are in need of healthy adult male volunteers with type O+ blood to help the researchers study malaria parasites and sustain mosquito colonies used in crucial research ...

Scratching where it itches reduces the presence of potentially harmful bacteria on the skin, studies in mice show.

Melonie Bray had the world at her feet before being bitten by a tiny parasite - and saw her life turned upside down. She was ...

A return of the parasites to the U.S. would cause major health concerns, along with fears over its economic impact on American agriculture. On December 30, the TPWD reported a case of New World ...

Researchers have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid levels and life-threatening outcomes in children with severe malaria.

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators in Uganda at the Makerere University School of Medicine have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid ...

Vega-Rodriguez and his team wanted to explore how mosquito saliva dampened blood clotting within the insect and the role that this played in parasite transmission. Blood clotting and the subsequent ...