Imagine returning from a dream vacation, only to find yourself battling a mysterious illness that leaves doctors baffled. For ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that helps regulate the immune system’s response to helminth infection.

A woman developed an array of symptoms shortly after returning from a vacation, and parasites turned out to be the culprit.

Symptoms usually begin as headache, nausea, vomiting and fever, but then can spread to neurological symptoms after the ...

Soil-transmitted worm diseases have decreased recently, but parasitic diseases are on the rise, such as dog and cat ...

The only thing that stood out was a high number of eosinophils—white blood cells that become active with certain allergic diseases, parasitic infections, or other medical conditions, such as cancer.

A 30-year-old woman from New England, in the USA, was horrified to discover she had rare parasitic worms in her brain after complaining of a burning sensation in her legs and feet. According to ...

Doctors are treating Pope Francis for a “ polymicrobial infection ” of his respiratory tract in what they are describing as a a “complex clinical situation” that will require the pontiff to remain ...

The 88-year-old pontiff was initially admitted to the hospital on Friday for bronchitis. On Monday, the Vatican said test ...

According to the report, the test indicated that she had a parasitic infection caused by the roundworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, also known as rat lungworm. This infection caused inflammation ...