There are more parasites than any other organism on Earth—which is one of the reasons Emmitt Jolly finds the common but misunderstood creatures so fascinating. “That is the most successful form of ...

Gastroenterologist Dr. Joseph Salhab warns that many "parasite cleanses" promoted online are ineffective, often consisting of ...

A human case of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm has been found in the United States in a person who traveled to El Salvador. The parasitic insect is actually a fly that looks similar to a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTLA) — A rare parasitic infection that is ...

A Maryland resident has been diagnosed with a rare parasitic infection known as New World screwworm (NWS), marking the first human case in the United States in years. The Centers for Disease Control ...