Parasitic diseases, which are passed on to people via parasites found in contaminated food, water, soil or bugs that bite humans, can be relatively uncommon in some parts of the world. In other ...

The challenge with parasites is that the symptoms are subtle. They can live silently in the intestine, blood stream, organs or other tissue for months before causing detectable health problems.

Editor's note: This post originally published on May 9 and has been updated. "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." These are words nobody wants to say. They were spoken ...

As the world gets smaller because of increased communication, international transportation, and recreational travel, ...

"A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." These are words nobody wants to say. They were spoken by a U.S. presidential candidate ...

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