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

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

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

The findings open the door for new diagnostic, surgical tools. Ingestible devices are commonly used to study and treat ...

The fact is that worms do not have lungs like humans. Therefore, they are able to live in soils that have been completely ...

The vulnerable waters and freshwater fisheries of British Columbia’s lakes and rivers are under threat from whirling disease.

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

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

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

Stanford University researchers have engineered a topical, needle-free vaccine using a harmless skin bacterium that could ...

I don’t remember a day when I haven’t cried,” the ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ alum said of her health struggles ...