A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.

Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, ...

Learn more about the diseases that live in certain animals and if they can be transferred to humans.

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and ...

Pricey deworming remedies are being touted as cure-alls. Even supermodel Heidi Klum gave it a go. But health experts say they’re not what we need ...

Millions of patients worldwide are infected with parasitic worms. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), helminth worms are particularly common. Helminth infections are most prevalent in ...

Ivermectin is used in both animals and humans for parasitic infections. Although fenbendazole is not approved for humans, ...

A microscopic parasite that quietly settles into the brain of humans and animals is not nearly as quiet as scientists once ...

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma ...

The gastrointestinal parasitism in non-human primates represents a complex and dynamic facet of wildlife health with far‐reaching implications for conservation and public health. Researchers have ...

If vitamin C stops cancer in its tracks, and being deficient in it can cause scurvy – the disease long associated with ...