On a hot Saturday in San Antonio over 10 years ago, an 8-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after days of fever, headache, vomiting and sensitivity to light. The child's mother, who lived near ...

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. A new study ...

A boy has died after exposure to a rare brain-eating parasite at Lake Mead, the popular recreation area near Las Vegas, health officials say. The brain-eating amoeba, known technically as Naegleria ...

Brain worms, like the one Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign said he contracted more than a decade ago, are real — and the infections are more common in certain parts of the world than you might think.

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. However, researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. As a ...

The meat’s dark color made family members think it was fully cooked before they consumed bear meat kabobs with vegetables Paul McDougall/500px/Getty A family gathering ended up with six people getting ...

Scientists tested bags of pre-washed salad from supermarkets across Europe. In the United Kingdom alone, 16% of the samples contained tiny organisms that can affect the brain. The same parasite ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients ...