Why tracking down the source of 'explosive diarrhea' illness is tricky Health officials face challenges tracing a food link ...

Lurking in the shadows of many ecosystems are animals whose main motivations are, quite literally, to hijack the bodies of ...

A parasite that causes bouts of “explosive diarrhea” has surfaced in California as a fast-growing outbreak sweeps across the ...

Cats may be cute and adorable, but stray and feral cats can sometimes pose a risk to human health. Veterinary researchers ...

About 1 in 3 people worldwide have been infected with a microscopic parasite called Toxoplasma gondii—or simply "toxo"—which ...

Because the Greenland shark lives in the dim depths of the ocean and is often infested with parasites that attach to its eyes ...

Expansion microscopy helped researchers visualize Plasmodium inside near-intact mosquitoes, preserving anatomical context for ...

We also report on a potentially important discovery on how malaria parasites infect cells, which could lead to future ...

For decades, cancer has been thought of as a purely human disease—rogue cells multiplying out of control, with no room for ...

Got a nasty stomach bug that won't go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of debilitating diarrhea, cramps and bloating.

If microbes really are helping some cancers grow, resist treatment or spread, they could become new targets for screening and ...