A New York woman, 53, was left blind in one eye after wearing contact lenses in the pool, leading to her contracting a ...

Scientist Paul Helfrich has studied the T. bryo fish parasite for years and remains fascinated by its life cycle and ...

The bug can affect anyone, but young children, pregnant individuals, and those who change nappies are particularly at risk ...

At least 30 people have been infected with a potentially deadly flesh eating parasite in Nicaragua as the previously ...

The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health.

As egg prices continue to skyrocket due to the avian flu outbreak, egg farmers are having to invest millions of dollars in ...

New research suggests that bacteria in your mouth and on your tongue may be connected to changes in brain function as you age ...

Soil-transmitted worm diseases have decreased recently, but parasitic diseases are on the rise, such as dog and cat ...

While two Mickeys may be better than one, by the time you get to seven or eight (the idea of Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are the hallmark of Crohn’s disease, but this autoimmune condition can affect any part of the digestive system, including the mouth. Oral symptoms might even be th ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite ...