Parasitic diseases, which are passed on to people via parasites found in contaminated food, water, soil or bugs that bite humans, can be relatively uncommon in some parts of the world. In other ...

Mississippi State University biologist Matthew W. Brown is part of an international research team whose latest findings, published this spring in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

A parasitic disease that can cause skin ulcers and is usually spread by the tiny sandfly may now be endemic to the U.S., preliminary findings from CDC researchers suggested. Genetic sequencing of ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to Technavio Research Report "Parasitic Diseases Therapeutics Market by type (antiprotozoal therapeutics, anthelminthic therapeutics, scabicides, and pediculicides ...

Lyme disease may hold the distinction of being the most commonly reported tick-borne disease in the U.S. — but it’s not the only one. Babesiosis, a rare tick-borne parasitic disease, is spiking in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Human-caused habitat destruction and pollution has led to various downstream consequences — among them, the spread of various ...

The squishy little parasites are less than an inch long, but they cause a globe-girdling disease variously known as schistosomiasis, bilharziasis, or simply snail fever. The more man does to increase ...

Reports of a rare, but potentially fatal, parasite are on the rise in Canada. The disease alveolar echinococcosis (AE) occurs regularly in certain areas of Europe and Asia, but had been virtually ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A parasitic infection called Chagas disease from so-called "kissing bugs" has made its way to California -- and it's causing some concern. The infection can spread in several ...

Share on Pinterest Bagged salad in Flordia led to an increase of cyclosporiasis. ByLorena/Stocksy Cases of a parasitic gastrointestinal disease have been increasing in recent years, according to a new ...

A potentially life-threatening parasitic disease long associated with Latin America is also present in the United States, researchers warn. Chagas disease, spread by blood-sucking insects known as ...