Nearly 850 species of parasites are known to infect people; some, like the potentially deadly plasmodium parasite that causes ...

Hawaii, the U.S. epicenter for the disease, offers a preview of what may come next.

The CDC describes rat lungworm as a parasite found in rats, whose larvae are shed in rat feces and then taken up by snails ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial weakness in the malaria parasite that could open the door to new treatments. Researchers identified a protein called Aurora-related kinase 1 (ARK1) that acts like a ...

It infects nearly one-third of the global population, yet its microscopic size makes the parasite difficult for scientists to study. That parasite is Toxoplasma gondii, a widespread organism that ...

Researchers said the parasite is "an emerging veterinary and public health concern." ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

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Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a steady decrease in sperm counts and quality since the 1940s. A more recent study found that male ...