a vicious parasite passed on to humans by drinking stagnant, infected water in Africa and Asia. “Once you’ve seen a small child with a two- or three-foot-long live Guinea worm protruding from ...
As 2025 begins, the detection program is in its eighth year since the city began finding the parasite in its source water and Portland is at work on the now $2.1 billion water filtration system ...
Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.
An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.
By Dina Gavarieva Parasitic infections, long thought to be confined to developing countries, are a global issue that can impact anyone, regardless of geography or socioeconomic status including those ...
Concerns are being raised over how long an investigation into a water parasite outbreak in Devon is taking. On 15 May 2024 cryptosporidium was confirmed in the water supply in and around Brixham ...
A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally, ...