Ticks are parasites that bite and feed on humans and pets. They can spread Lyme disease and other infections. Here's what to ...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is continuing efforts to update scientific advice on foodborne parasites. A ...

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Much later, in the 19th Century, swimming pools emerged in Britain and the US. But along with them came the challenge of ...

Parasitic tapeworm larvae release glutamate and other excitatory molecules that can directly excite brain neurons.

A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the deadliest form of human malaria, that could ...

A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico ...

In today’s Health Alert, a ban on relocating birds in Michigan due to the bird flu outbreak is raising concerns about Swimmer ...

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 ...

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

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.