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 ...

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

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

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

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

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, ...