Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to know about them so you can avoid contracting one. Parasites are any organism that lives on or inside, or feeds on ...

By Sarah Brown In Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, Paul Raad crouched in the undergrowth, scanning ...

"People get cysticercosis when they swallow T.solium eggs that are passed in the faeces of a human with a tapeworm," says the CDC. Tapeworm eggs are spread "through food, water, or surfaces ...

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...

Tapeworms don't just cause discomfort; they drain their host of vital nutrients, leaving them weaker by the day. In Warren Buffett's eyes, that's exactly what rising health care costs are doing to ...

A rare illness in Belgium that affected nine people was likely spread after the initial patient ate pork while abroad several years earlier. Human ...