The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...

The 64-year-old star of Bridget Jones, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill accidentally gave his family worms ...

Hugh Grant has shed light on the reason why his family are so determined to keep him from making dinner. The British actor, ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed ... can be dangerous for both humans and animals," study ...

Parasitic infections or worms can affect anyone, regardless of age or location. While often associated with unsanitary ...

ZSI researchers identify 23 blood-sucking fly species in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, including bluetongue virus carriers, ...

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

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

Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will ...

A new study finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and 25% of the younger ticks in the Northeast US carry the bacteria ...

Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms that sometimes live in the human colon and rectum ... If you or someone in your household has symptoms of a pinworm infection, you can help your doctor ...