U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states. Thursday's announcement by ...

Many parasitic infections can cause “severe and long-lasting health problems” after the initial illness, a doctor told Newsweek.

Well, this is adorable and absolutely disgusting. Thanks to NECA, the sheep from Alien: Earth is getting its own 13-inch collectible plush, complete with the creature’s most important accessory: a ...

NORTH SHORE, Hawaii (Island News) -- A young Hawaiian monk seal on Oahu's North Shore died from the parasite infection toxoplasmosis in May, which is the second time this year the parasite has led to ...

Toxoplasma gondii, or Toxoplasma, is a parasite that infects hundreds of millions of people around the world. Although cases are often mild, it can cause severe symptoms in in people with weakened ...

Since the flesh-eating screwworm fly reinvaded Mexico in 2024, human cases of the voracious parasite have been mounting. According to a July surveillance report from Mexico’s Ministry of Health, there ...

Cyclospora, the parasite that has sickened thousands this summer in the U.S., requires time in the human digestive tract to reproduce.

When reports of a medical condition go viral in the media (no pun intended), patients flock to doctor’s offices, urgent care clinics and emergency departments with the utmost certainty that they have ...

On Thursday, the Louisiana Department of Health reported that cases of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea, have reached 100 in the state. So far, there have ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if you got infected by an alien parasite.

Emergency room doctors in Michigan, the epicenter of a large cyclospora outbreak, describe treating patients with the “explosive diarrhea” parasite. Cyclospora — the infamous “diarrhea parasite” ...