The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

BRITS have been urged to be vigilant after a surge in cases of a highly infectious Victorian disease that can trigger ...

Scientists report unusually high Chagas disease parasite rates in kissing bugs collected near the U.S.-Mexico border region.

A lack of understanding about what scabies is and how it’s treated could be behind the United Kingdom’s sudden spike in cases ...

Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another ...

If you spot a blacklegged tick crawling up your leg—or worse, attached to your skin—you might be worried about getting Lyme disease. That’s reasonable because Lyme is the most commonly reported ...

Tungiasis is a parasitic skin disease caused by the penetration of the sand flea Tunga penetrans into the skin, predominantly affecting the feet. This condition is prevalent in resource-poor and ...

New research shows that parasitic nematodes, responsible for infecting more than a billion people globally, carry viruses that may solve the puzzle of why some cause serious diseases. A study led by ...

Ivermectin is used in both animals and humans for parasitic infections. Although fenbendazole is not approved for humans, ...