Scientists tested bags of pre-washed salad from supermarkets across Europe. In the United Kingdom alone, 16% of the samples contained tiny organisms that can affect the brain. The same parasite ...

Two species of fish-borne parasites have been found in freshwater fish routinely caught for consumption. Researchers say people could be eating the fish in ways that are conducive to transmission.

Parasites are real, but social media tends to make them sound like a daily certainty, which is not how it works for most people. That said, if you suspect an infection, the most reliable path is ...

Scientists in the Czech Republic have described the first domestic case of infection with a parasite. Diphyllobothriasis (dibothriocephalosis) is caused by the human broad tapeworm Dibothriocephalus ...

According to Phys.org, researchers from France and Africa have developed a new and improved method for detecting trypanosome parasites in livestock. African trypanosomiasis (AAT) comes from parasites ...

Living on a diet of blood requires some specific adaptations, such as a way to keep the food source flowing. To prevent their meal from turning into an indigestible clot, mosquitoes evolved very ...

A Publix shopper walked up to the seafood counter and saw a fresh-cut cod fillet in the display case. She's grossed out and ...