What Is a Pinworm Infection? A pinworm infection is an intestinal illness that's very common in elementary school-aged children. Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms that sometimes live in ...

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

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

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, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...

Expert Dani Knapp explains what schools can do to help minimise the spread of head lice and how to successfully educate ...

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

Just one fly can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and is drawn "to the odor of a wound or natural opening on a live, warm-blooded ...

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - A Paragould couple faces misdemeanor child neglect charges after police said they found their ...