Doctors say that if left untreated, raccoon roundworm can cause severe health complications, including brain damage and death.

A single-dose pill called acoziborole cured most sleeping sickness patients in a major trial, even when the parasite reached the brain.

Doctors say that if left untreated, raccoon roundworm can cause severe health complications, including brain damage and death.

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent to destroy it. Yet most people never get sick, and new research from UVA ...

A brain parasite already living inside one-third of humanity is now the subject of alarming new research, and disclosure advocates say the classified files Trump just ordered to be released may hold ...

By Joey Garcia, University Communications and MarketingIt infects nearly one-third of the global population, yet its microscopic size makes ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a specific enzyme inside immune cells that keeps Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most common brain parasites on the planet, ...

Cabbage is a safe, nutritious vegetable with no inherent connection to worms or parasites. Fear around cabbage reflects ...

A red, parasitic worm turned out to be behind the woman's wide array of symptoms. | Credit: Hossain, M., Kennedy, K. J., ...

Doctors have identified a rare parasite never before seen in humans after a woman developed a severe lung infection, organ damage, and memory loss. Here’s what was revealed about the unusual medical ...

A single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii has quietly infected roughly one-third of the global population, settling into brain tissue where it forms cysts that can persist for a lifetime. Most ...

Scientists find ARK1 protein vital for malaria parasite division; disabling it halts replication and transmission, offering a ...