Food poisoning is caused by contaminated food with bacteria, viruses, or toxins. Symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, and fever ...

The Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory diagnosed Theileria orientalis Ikeda, a red blood cell parasite in cattle ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick—also called a deer tick—is a risk during spring, summer, ...

The tick may have bitten the woman's eardrum, with enzymes in its saliva causing severe pain, hearing loss and tinnitus.

Parasite biology is the study of all biological aspects of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the structure, growth, development, genetics, ecology and evolution of these organisms ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Patients with malaria experience flu-like symptoms and, in severe cases, the disease can progress to neurological ...

But for a 21-year-old woman from Dharan, Nepal, the eerie sound ringing in her ear was indicative of something much more serious — a parasite. The woman arrived in an otorhinolaryngology, or ear, nose ...

There are concerns New World screwworm flies, which can be dangerous to humans, could cross into southern Texas.

In some cases, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause no noticeable symptoms. When they do occur, STI symptoms in males can include discharge, bleeding, painful blisters, and more.

It sounds like the stuff of a horror movie. That’s the New World screwworm, a parasite that can kill livestock and occasionally infest humans. It was previously eradicated from North America ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Since the re-emergence of guinea worm in a remote village in South Sudan, the Carter Center has returned to ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas hunters and those who enjoy the outdoors are being warned about an invasive parasite not seen in the United States since the 1960s. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ...