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

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

A shocking new study shows that 90% of freshwater fish in Southern California may be carrying parasites that can infect ...

Organ transplant patients are inheriting donors' MEMORIESTwo New England men have been left riddled with parasitic worms ...

But that has changed with the widespread introduction of M. tuberculata and its parasites. These snails now live in areas where people fish, increasing the chances of human exposure. Related Stories ...

More than 90% of popular freshwater fish in Southern California are carrying human-infecting parasites, researchers say. This poses a significant danger for those who like to eat freshly caught ...

The parasites found in the study — two species of flatworms called trematodes — typically cause gastrointestinal problems, weight loss or lethargy when they infect humans. In some rare and severe ...

The parasites found in the study—two species of flatworms called trematodes—typically cause gastrointestinal problems, weight loss or lethargy when they infect humans.

PHOTO BY MEMORY ROTH A 40-fold increase in a Canadian strain of coyote-borne tapeworm that can cross to the human population is causing concerns for doctors in northern Alberta.

The tumor-like parasites can also spread to the lungs, brain, heart, bone, and other organs. In humans, the infection is insidious, with an asymptomatic incubation period of between 5 and 15 years.

The tapeworm taenia solium enters the human body by ingesting the parasite’s larval cysts. These eggs can then develop into adult tapeworms in a human’s gut, usually around 5 to 12 weeks.

Analysis of jaguar droppings in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands have uncovered the presence of Spirometra tapeworms, a parasite with significant ecological and public health implications that can be ...