These parasites are more common than many owners realize, but luckily, nearly all are preventable.

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The human body may seem like a single, self-contained system, but it actually hosts trillions of microscopic organisms. These ...

A parasite that lives in human blood has been pulling off a strange trick for decades. It covers itself in a dense coat of ...

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Around the world, diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis (TB) continue to plague millions of people, causing severe illness and death. In recent years, scientists developed more effective drugs ...

Worms are not uncommon in horses—and often go unnoticed for a long time. In the digestive tract, they can cause significant ...

Georgians who want to buy a controversial anti-parasitic drug may soon be able to pick it up from their local pharmacist without a prescription. A state House committee Thursday amended a bill to ...

The notorious disease known as sleeping sickness can lurk inside a host for months or even years before serious symptoms ...

A deadly parasite responsible for sleeping sickness has been found using a surprisingly precise trick to stay hidden in the ...

For decades, scientists have observed a clear pattern across the natural world: biodiversity tends to be higher near the ...

A stealthy parasite behind deadly sleeping sickness has been caught using an astonishing trick to evade the human immune system. Credit: Shutterstock A deadly parasite stays hidden by shredding its ...