An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.

The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts ...

The WA Health Department has confirmed a startling link between rising rates of a parasitic stomach bug and overseas travel, ...

A recent X-ray scan showcasing calcified parasites embedded throughout a patient's body has gone viral, highlighting the ...

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...

Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms, fleas, head lice or bed bugs are even mentioned. Coming across such ...

In early 2021, a 64-year-old woman from south-eastern New South Wales began dealing with stomach aches and diarrhoea, which ...

Parasites are organisms that survive by living on or inside a host body and feeding off its nutrients. They have the ability to inflict various health issues like digestive problems, fatigue ...

The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...