Researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine report encouraging results from a phase 2 clinical trial ...

A phase 2 trial has shown promising protective efficacy for what could become the first vaccine against hookworm, a parasitic disease affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world. The ...

Nearly 850 species of parasites are known to infect people; some, like the potentially deadly plasmodium parasite that causes ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

There's a new warning about walking on the beach without any shoes. A Canadian couple said they contracted hookworm parasites during a trip to the Dominican Republic. The pair noticed their feet were ...

They roam the workplace, promoting themselves loudly and incessantly – while undermining everyone else ...

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to new research. Scientists have identified widespread resistance to benzimidazole-based dewormers which are ...

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The study tested stool specimens from 704 children from Alabama’s Wilcox and Perry counties for STH. Results surprisingly found no traces of STH in any samples, despite 12 percent of the study cohort ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are more parasites than any other organism on Earth—which is one of the reasons Emmitt Jolly finds the common but ...