Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

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Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

The Greenland shark can live up to 500 years. The kind of longevity that probably has something to do with its home: cold, dark depths of the North Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Scientists have ...

According to the study, the parasite's life cycle is relentless and mature roundworms which live in the small intestine of raccoons can produce up to 180,000 eggs every day that enter the environment ...

Health officials confirmed the first human case in the U.S. of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm that has been rapidly spreading among cattle in Mexico and Central America. (Scripps News) ...

The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite has been detected in the U.S., NBC News reported Aug. 25. The case involved a Maryland person who had recently traveled to El Salvador. The CDC ...

A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health officials confirmed this week. The blowflies primarily affect livestock — ...

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesman from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said.The U.S.

The first human case in the U.S. of a flesh-eating parasite was reported in Maryland.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said a case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite has ...