A two-year study in rural Kenya explored the effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing and nutritional interventions on rates of intestinal worm and Giardia infections. The results indicated ...

Roundworm infections can be reduced significantly simply by improving the treatment and quality of drinking water in high risk regions, according to an international team of researchers led by Tufts ...

Four days ago we rescued a 6-month-old puppy from a shelter in the southeast of the United States. My vet says that she has roundworm and warned me that my kids (ages 3-8 years) could get visceral ...

Researchers in San Diego have found how roundworms tolerate stress may hold the key to benefits for more than just animals. A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego found a new ...

Scientists claim that mature roundworms which live in the small intestine of raccoons can produce upto 180,000 eggs every day ...

Scientists have manipulated hundreds of genes to create roundworms that are sleek and trim -- a feat that could someday lead to new obesity treatments for people. Harvard biologist Gary Ruvkun used a ...

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Two people in the South Bay area of Los ...

In a report this week, doctors have documented the first case of a human brain infection caused by a roundworm normally found in Australian snakes. Reading time 3 minutes Here’s some extra material ...

Improved drinking water should be a key component of control strategies against parasitic worm and protozoan infections, according to studies in rural Kenya MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (August 1, 2019)- ...