You don't wash your hands. Doctors diagnose pinworms by looking for their eggs or the actual worms. If you or someone in your household has symptoms of a pinworm infection, you can help your ...

Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the ...

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

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 ...

Raw meat consumption poses serious health risks despite its popularity in certain cuisines and diets. While some cultures ...

Scientists have predicted that the rate of foodborne trematode infections will remain stable up to 2030. Foodborne ...

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, ...

Vets are warning Queensland pet owners to be on high alert as the danger of paralysis ticks rise to their worst levels in ...