[doorbell rings] Like all great stories, "Parasite" has a beginning, a middle, and an end, yet it never quite follows the usual three-act structure we're familiar with. Instead, the film plays a ...

It reveals in unprecedented detail the structure of crystals that the parasite builds in order to survive. Since most antimalarial drugs are thought to work by interfering with the formation and ...

A ghastly disease is making its way through the Sunshine State's underbrush, leaving native snakes dead with a worm-like parasite protruding from their mouths. A coiled dusky pygmy rattlesnake ...

Who says Minecraft can't be a horror game? With these mods, this otherwise laid-back title becomes downright terrifying.

It's not science fiction. It might sound like something out of a horror movie plot (because it sort of is), but the tongue-replacing parasite is very real. The movie imagines mutated parasites ...

1 But some pathogens have evolved mechanisms to sneak past these defenses. Perhaps the most successful invader is Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled parasite that establishes chronic infections within ...

A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts.

A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen—virus, bacteria, fungus or ...

An international team of scientists has provided an unprecedented look into the unique crystals formed by the malaria ...

Calves under one year of age are more susceptible than older cattle. Older cattle frequently have been exposed to the parasites and developed a degree of immunity. Adult worms in the gut of cattle ...

Parasites are organisms that survive by living on or inside a host body and feeding off its nutrients. They have the ability to inflict various health issues like digestive problems, fatigue, and ...

Some research has found that a papaya seed cleanse may work to eliminate intestinal parasites, but the evidence is limited. Although eating papaya seeds is generally safe, seeing a healthcare ...