In a viral TikTok, a neurologist reveals three foods that he tries to avoid because they may harbor toxins and nasty bugs.

Neurologist Baibing Chen advises caution regarding certain foods that may harbor neurotoxins and brain parasites. Large ...

Scientists tested bags of pre-washed salad from supermarkets across Europe. In the United Kingdom alone, 16% of the samples ...

Parasites’ complex life cycles –– starting out in one form in one animal, and moving on to the next form and host –– also give them a wider range of food sources than free-living species, which in ...

“Intestinal parasites in humans mostly come from food and water, so any decrease in stomach acid increases infection risk,” says Dr. Galland.

Discover some parasites and bacteria that could make you sick, such as E. coli, Giardia, and pinworms. Also get tips for preventing illness.

A TikToker went viral after sharing that they found parasites in their recently purchased salmon from Whole Foods—but experts say its common.

Salmonella in beef and pork, parasites in meat and low moisture foods are on the agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) meeting this month.

Surprisingly, the biologists discovered that the parasites are most likely to interact via the food source they share -- not the immune response or directly through contact with other parasites.

Parasites are ubiquitous. They feed on virtually every animal and even on each other. Yet, for all the parasites' collective contributions to biomass and biodiversity, conventional food webs don't ...