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

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 ...

Tritrichomonas foetus (Tritric) is a microscopic menace that can turn a household into a battleground of chronic illness.

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the ...

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 ...

Discover the differences between food poisoning vs the stomach bug, and how to relieve the GI symptoms with both, according ...

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

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 ...

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 ...