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 ...

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite new world screwworm has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services said early Monday. The case, related to a ...

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 ...

Mosquitoes in many places in the world including South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa carry Plasmodium parasites, which cause malaria. In the past several months, health officials confirmed that four ...

Scientists in the Czech Republic have described the first domestic case of infection with a parasite. Diphyllobothriasis (dibothriocephalosis) is caused by the human broad tapeworm Dibothriocephalus ...

North Carolina health officials are investigating the source of an outbreak of intestinal parasites after 135 cases have been identified in Wake County since the start of May. Roughly 22 of these ...

Researchers have analyzed produce in Spain for two foodborne parasites, finding a high level of contamination. The study assessed the occurrence of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium oocysts in ...