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

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhoea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and ...

Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) encode proteins that recognize foreign antigens and are thus crucial for immune response. In a population of a single host species, ...

Malaria parasites survive tough times by not being too clingy. During Africa’s dry season, when mosquitoes are scarce, malaria parasites have a hard time spreading to new hosts. So the parasites hide ...

A parasite cleanse is a diet, herbal supplement, or other product that claims to get rid of parasites in your body. People who promote these cleanses claim that parasites are the cause of digestive ...

Bong Joon-ho's Parasite is one of the big winners of the 2020 Academy Awards. Not only did the critically acclaimed film bring home multiple Oscars this year, it managed to make history in the process ...

The South Korean film "Parasite" made Oscars history on Sunday, becoming the first film not in the English language to win best picture. It's been hailed as a major victory for South Korea and for ...

(NEXSTAR) – If talk of binders, wormwood and “scrubbing your gut microbiome” sound familiar, you may have seen one of the many TikTok videos promoting so-called “parasite cleanses.” A common theme in ...

Parasite cleanses have wormed their way onto my Instagram feed (pardon the pun), with people documenting their experiences in graphic detail - from black-stained teeth, due to grape juices, to ...