Most people don’t get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't ...

If you were given a choice of vaccine delivery method, would you rather a needle or a skin cream? Thought so. Well, the ...

New World screwworm was largely eradicated from the U.S. and Central America in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. But the ...

Imagine a world in which a vaccine is a cream you rub onto your skin instead of a needle a health care worker pushes into your one of your muscles.

In fact, humans are the only habitat for Demodex folliculorum. They are born on us, they feed on us, they mate on us, and ...

Scientists' findings in mice could translate into a radical, needle-free vaccination approach that would also eliminate reactions including fever, swelling and pain.

It sounds a bit like something out of science fiction, but a topical vaccine that is rubbed on the skin is now closer to ...

There are parasites all over the world that can infect humans. Some of them are easy to avoid, but others are more common ...

A researcher has uncovered evidence of intestinal parasites in a 500-year-old latrine from Bruges, Belgium, and while the finding may induce queasiness in some, it is expected to provide important ...

Another popular theory is that the "vibrations from the rain are perceived by the worms to be similar to the vibrations that ...