Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are working to turn the ...

These therapeutics can target and silence disease-causing genes with high precision, minimizing off-target effects and improving treatment outcomes ... for medical use in humans.

Roundworm infection, or toxocariasis, is a zoonotic disease — a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Dogs and cats are the definitive hosts for the roundworm species that ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials on Monday said that they are currently investigating the discovery of two humans cases of a rare infection called "raccoon roundworm." ...