A parasitic tapeworm causing echinococcosis has been detected for the first time in West Coast wildlife, found in 37 of 100 ...

A deadly parasite that can cause cancer-like tumors has been detected along the West Coast for the first time. According to a ...

A potentially life-threatening parasitic disease long associated with Latin America is also present in the United States, researchers warn. Chagas disease, spread by blood-sucking insects known as ...

Researchers have detected a potentially dangerous parasite in a region where it had never been found before, raising new ...

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that affects up to 1 million people worldwide each year. It is caused by the protozoan Leishmania, transmitted through the bite of a sandfly. Once inside its ...

I read that Ebola has now claimed more than 100 lives. Doesn’t it start with animals as does the Hantavirus that killed a few ...

A new study says Chagas, the "kissing bug disease," should be considered endemic in the U.S after finding it in eight states. Most Americans have not even heard of Chagas disease, yet an estimated 288 ...

Researchers from the University of Lincoln have contributed to an international study examining how interactions between ...

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their resources to investigate the potential of vector-borne transmission of Chagas ...