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

Parasitic infections or worms can affect anyone, regardless of age or location. While often associated with unsanitary ...

Jimmy Carter's legacy includes a major medical contribution: the eradication of guinea worm disease. Learn about this ancient ...

Parasites do not have to bite your dog for the treatment to work because the medicine ... to thousands of adverse incidents in pets and humans. To date, 2,500 pet deaths have been allegedly ...

“But worse still, the parasites can spread to humans through the skin ... “We’re calling for a shift toward targeted, ...

Former President Carter's state funeral is Thursday. A Sun-Times reporter interviewed Carter in Nepal in 2008, and writes about his work to eradicate the eye disease trachoma and other neglected ...

Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one ...

This year may prove to be the first in which human guinea worm cases drop to the single digits ... There was also a lot of excitement around a new antiretroviral treatment, lenacapavir, which was ...

Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms that sometimes live in the human colon and rectum ... Don't bathe with anyone or share towels during treatment and for two weeks after the final treatment.

“Don’t wait for the signs of intestinal worm infection to present themselves. According to the World Health Organization, ...