Researchers have for the first time identified a "programmed cell death" pathway in parasitic worms that could one day lead to new treatments for one of the world's most serious and prevalent diseases ...

This photo shows an egg from the fluke worm parasite Paragonimus westermani, which can infect the lungs of people who eat raw shellfish. The number of U.S. infections from fluke worms in the lungs ...

Thai researchers have urged people in Southeast Asia to stop eating raw freshwater fish because they risk becoming infected with a parasitic worm that may predispose them to developing liver cancer.

Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related malnourishment. What may surprise many is ...

Queen's University Belfast is spearheading an £1 million international research effort to combat liver fluke – a parasite which causes disease in livestock, resulting in billions of pounds in losses ...

An invasive, dog-killing parasite is now lurking in Southern California. In new research this week, scientists say they’ve confirmed the newfound spread of the flatworm Heterobilharzia americana to ...

They were the lucky ones who managed to make it home from Vietnam. Now, a half-century later, some veterans are finding out they, too, are victims of the war. The enemy is a known killer in parts of ...

Juvenile Fasciola hepatica 12, 14, 18, 20, and 24 days old were successfully transferred to normal recipient mice. Worms entered the common bile ducts when total worm age was 30 or 32 days. Liver ...