It infects nearly one-third of the global population, yet its microscopic size makes the parasite difficult for scientists to study. That parasite is Toxoplasma gondii, a widespread organism that ...

Late last year, Pat Hannon started waking up in the middle of the night with an excruciating itching sensation on her legs.

A rare ant species endemic to Japan has been found to be the only kind that lacks both workers and males, consisting ...

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

Engineers at Stanford University have developed a high-efficiency, battery/solar-operated, autonomous microscope with integrated artificial intelligence that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood ...

You know about celebrity perfume lines. You’ve probably seen a famous face on a tequila bottle. But celebrity parasitic worms ...

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 ...

Texas will not get screwed by the flesh-eating parasite known as the screwworm — with Gov. Greg Abbott declaring a preemptive disaster declaration before the devastating organism even gets to the Lone ...

Medical experts explain the rise in non-malarial fevers, attributing it to better testing and historical misdiagnosis. Learn ...

The New World screwworm is a flesh-eating parasite that infests open wounds on live animals and humans. While eradicated in the U.S. decades ago, the parasite is spreading north through Central ...

A newly published study from the University of Guam sheds light on a tiny but powerful ally in the soil and how it could help ...