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

Human botfly larvae, for example, burrow under your skin, forming a pus-filled pimple. Meanwhile, thousands of young Loa loa worms can travel throughout your body —even across your eyeball!

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

Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you ... Myiasis is very painful and can cause skin lesions, bleeding, feeling maggots under your skin, and a foul odor among other ...

Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms ... on the skin around the anus. If an infected person scratches the area around their anus and doesn't wash their hands, the eggs can get under their ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have ...

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to research published in the ...