Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...

A longtime anti-vaxxer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to "Make America Healthy Again" if he is confirmed as Trump's Health and ...

Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

Vaccinations are critical for protecting pets from infectious diseases. Common vaccines included in wellness plans cover ...

In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...

The antiparasitic drugs ivermectin and fenbendazole are not currently recommended for cancer, but posts spread across social ...

Globally, over 600 million people are infected with the skin-penetrating threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions with poor sanitation infrastructure.

It was from animal faeces that I ended up getting a worm inside me, and under my skin. "You could see it. I would itch and then you could see this worm moving under my skin. I got quite attached ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have ... and can spread to humans through skin contact.

Just as the worm emerges, it burns and stings the skin, often encouraging the ... to be eradicated by humans, the only parasitic disease to be eradicated and the only disease to be eradicated ...

Guinea worms are thin, thread-like parasites that can grow up to three feet long within the human body, before emerging through the skin. The Carter Center Humans cannot develop resistance to the ...