Parasitic worms are having a slimy moment. In the wake of news that a 3-inch snake parasite burrowed into a woman’s brain comes the horrifying report of giant intestinal worms that went wandering in a ...

Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part one of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 ...

Scientists have identified the genetic blueprint of the giant intestinal roundworm, Ascaris suum, revealing potential targets to control the devastating parasitic disease, ascariasis which affects ...

A North Korean defector was shot crossing the country's border with South Korea and his doctors discovered many, many parasites inside him. But if he hadn't been shot, it's possible one particular ...

Sarah Williams-Blangero, John L. VandeBerg, Janardan Subedi, Mary Jo Aivaliotis, Dev Raj Rai, Ram Prasad Upadhayay, Bharat Jha, John Blangero Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...

Seven inches long, first cousin to the earthworm but with livelier ambitions, Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the commonest parasites found in the intestines of man. The worms, which usually plague ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Raya, a three-year-old toddler from Cianaga Village, Kabandungan Subdistrict, Sukabumi Regency, Indonesia, passed away on July 22, 2025. A nearly one-kilogram of worms was found in ...

A 41-year-old woman in China who visited the hospital multiple times over the years complaining of mysterious stomach pains has finally been diagnosed and treated. It turns out, a 30-centimeter ...

The soldier defected earlier this month and was hospitalized with infections. — -- Hospital records from a soldier who defected from North Korea this month offer telling details about health ...

Back in the 1930s and ‘40s American mothers dewormed their horses, cows, cats, dogs and their kids with a not so tasty drink each fall and spring, made with wormwood, diatomaceous earth, castor oil ...