Parasites are far more common than most people realize, yet their symptoms are often subtle and easily misinterpreted as ordinary digestive issues, stress-related changes, or nutritional problems.

Cases of an intestinal illness that can leave people sick for weeks are rising across the United States, and health officials ...

Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora. The outbreak ...

AS an “explosive diarrhoea” parasite rips through the US, symptoms can be difficult to tell apart from those of a normal ...

The symptoms of cyclospora resemble other, more common stomach bugs, and many people will try to wait it out at home rather ...

Scientists have identified genetic changes in wild populations of the parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis that may ...

Got a nasty stomach bug that won’t go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of debilitating diarrhea, cramps and bloating.

Cases of cyclosporiasis, which spreads through contaminated food, have been on the rise in multiple states since May.

Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals ...