Social media is a great tool for awareness, but when it comes to medical advice, there may be a lot of misinformation that can be far from the truth. Here’s what an NHS doctor has to say about these ...

Parts of northern Australia are battling record-breaking floods, after heavy rain caused major rivers across Queensland and the Northern Territory to break their banks. In some communities, residents ...

The parasite that causes rat lungworm disease, long associated with Hawaii, was detected in California at the San Diego Zoo, ...

Nearly half of the total nominated films at the Academy Awards are international productions. Those numbers stand out, even in a year when the awards feel like a race between two distinctly American ...

Malaria is caused by a parasite that is spread to humans by infected mosquitoes. In 2024, almost 282 million people worldwide were infected and 610,000 died, according to the World Health Organization ...

The northward spread of parasite prompted the United States to close the border to cattle for the first time more than a year ago. The most recent closure has lasted since last summer.

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...

A McDonald’s customer said they found a parasite in a Filet-O-Fish sandwich. Reddit users explained why that can happen in wild-caught fish.

The CDC describes rat lungworm as a parasite found in rats, whose larvae are shed in rat feces and then taken up by snails ...

Scientists have identified a unique protein, ARK1, which is essential for the malaria parasite's survival and transmission, offering a promising new target for antimalaria drugs.