FDA approves Bravecto Quantum, the first injectable flea and tick treatment offering dogs up to 12 months of protection.

People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows ...

The reemergence of the New World screwworm, which poses significant health risks for livestock, has prompted the Department ...

Scientists have identified a new class of compounds capable of partially clearing the tropical parasite that causes Chagas ...

Interest in the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic, but evidence for many of its ...

A second man from Albany, N.Y., aged 66, who received the donor’s other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, the ...

The 61-year-old man received a new kidney from a deceased donor after being diagnosed with “nephrosclerosis-related end-stage kidney disease,” or chronic high blood pressure that causes hardening of ...

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped containment ...

Some parasites can affect the eyes. Without treatment, this can lead to vision loss. Learn more about the types of eye parasites, their symptoms, and treatment options.

Sneaky parasite evades the human immune system by stripping cells and wearing them as a disguise Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them ...

It is caused by Plasmodium parasites infecting red blood cells and being transmitted from host to host by mosquitos. There are available treatments, but drug resistance is an ongoing problem.