Staff members believe the sunfish stopped eating when the aquarium was temporarily closed because it was lonely.

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have ...

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

It's all connected: coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases, loss of biodiversity, and destruction of the ...

The New World Screwworm is a larva or maggot of the New World Screwworm fly, which lays eggs in a wound or live tissue like ...

New research reveals that canine hookworms in Australia are developing growing resistance to drugs. New research indicates ...

In Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, Paul Raad crouched in the undergrowth, scanning the ground for ...

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

The post’s claim that ivermectin and other antiparasitics can "cure" cancer is also unproven. Neither the FDA nor the World Health Organization have approved ivermectin to treat cancer, but some ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — A parasitic worm eradicated in the United States ... but they can also infect birds, pets and humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Guinea worms are thin, thread-like parasites that can grow up to three feet long within the human body, before emerging through the skin. The Carter Center Humans cannot develop resistance to the ...

Parasites play an important role in conservation ... it can affect others. “We cannot discuss human health without considering animal health, and we cannot address animal and human health ...