Approximately one billion people worldwide are estimated to be infected with the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, an intestinal parasite of humans. Some of them, especially children who carry high ...

A 41-year-old woman in China who visited the hospital multiple times over the years complaining of mysterious stomach pains has finally been diagnosed and treated. It turns out, a 30-centimeter ...

Parasitic worms are having a slimy moment. In the wake of news that a 3-inch snake parasite burrowed into a woman’s brain comes the horrifying report of giant intestinal worms that went wandering in a ...