A second man who received the donor's other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, the result of the donor having a ...

More than 90% of freshwater game fish in Southern California carry two types of parasitic flatworms (trematodes), which can ...

Organ transplant patients are inheriting donors' MEMORIESTwo New England men have been left riddled with parasitic worms ...

Researchers have identified two proteins in an organelle specific to Plasmodium falciparum that could be used as drug targets ...

A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack ...

In a disturbing case of medical misdiagnosis, an 18-year-old boy was treated for tuberculosis (TB) for six months before ...

HEALTH warnings have been issued over salad bags due to potentially deadly contamination fears. The popular ready-to-eat ...

Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas National Hospital in San Pedro Sula. The first admission was in April.

Some parasites can infect human eyes. Without treatment, these infections can lead to eye pain, vision problems, and in some cases, blindness. Parasites are organisms that live in, or on, another ...