A woman consumed a 'substantial amount of leftover crayfish' and later sustained a fever and lost the ability to communicate ...

It's a good idea to trim fingernails too, to prevent the eggs from getting caught under them. Threadworms aren't the only ...

In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting in fecal-contaminated soil with exposed skin. But, in the New England ...

UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy ...

Flatworms and earthworms can regrow large parts of their body. Roundworms may hold the secret to counteracting neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and muscular dystrophy.

Grunch said that brain worms most commonly come from a cycle of ... The World Health Organization estimates that up to 8.3 ...

Although rodents alone host the adult form of the parasite, their feces pass its larvae to snails and slugs, which can transmit the worm to humans. The larvae that infect people never mature ...

One acre of worms can break up about 50 tonnes of soil. They don't eat living plant tissue, and so don't hurt plants either. They truly are a gardener's best friend! Some people even keep them as ...

Sitka High School teacher Stacy Golden received a prestigious teaching award last month. The Presidential Award for ...

Clad in thick, red gear that contrasts with the blue and white landscape, researchers retrieve worms from the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean circling Antarctica. They will bring these squirming ...