In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...

Howrah: Five confirmed cases of filariasis in children in Howrah, along with more children suffering from symptoms of the ...

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

Scientists have long debated the root causes of Alzheimer’s, with two main theories emerging. The first centers on the ...

Treatment includes albendazole and praziquantel along with ... Larvae invade the wall of the small bowel and develop into adult worms. Worms then go on to release eggs that grow into cysts in muscles.

Four species of parasitic worms (Ascaris lumbricoides ... The study aimed to assess the safety, efficacy, and palatability of a combination tablet for the treatment of T trichiura, hookworm, and ...

People are to be sent from Oxford to the Netherlands to be deliberately infected with a form of malaria so scientists can ...

Proper environmental hygiene includes cleaning up poop immediately, treating their home for fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes, and ...

Sydney researchers have found that Levofloxacin substantially reduces risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis. This discovery offers new hope against a disease that infects more than 400,000 people ...

Four species of parasitic worms (Ascaris lumbricoides ... and palatability of a combination tablet for the treatment of T trichiura, hookworm, and Strongyloides stercoralis infections among ...

The FDA has approved Gemtesa® for men with overactive bladder symptoms receiving pharmacological therapy for BPH.

There’s a common fungal infection that both humans and animals called ringworm. Despite what the name might suggest, there ...