Parasites

Infections with an intestinal parasite have surged in Massachusetts in recent months, according to health officials.

People may be picking up rat lungworm disease by eating a fast-climbing creature that's part slug, part snail.

Not to spoil your summer pool fun, but outbreaks of "crypto," a swimming-related diarrheal illness, are on the rise.

Their bodies may disintegrate, but these bugs don’t care.

When is it a huge relief to hear you have a parasite lurking in your brain? When it's not a cancerous brain tumor.

Last December, a tourist in Hawaii ate a slug on a dare — not realizing, of course, a wiggly brain-loving parasite was along for the ride.

Meet the ubiquitous "face mites" that live in your pores, eat your grease and have sex on your face while you sleep.

A new report describes five cases of "extreme" sand flea infections in Colombia, showing that life-threatening illnesses with this parasite still occur.

Some 511 bloodsucking ticks were removed from this snake.

Swallowing a live garden slug led to a serious parasitic infection for an Australian teen.

A surprising number of dogs working for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are infected with this parasite, according to a new study.

Archaeologists peek into the past by prodding preserved human poo.

Want to see a photo of a bee parasitized by dozens of beetle larvae? Wait, where are you going?

Fossil fly pupae contain evidence of a fascinating —and deadly — story of insect parasitism in the ancient world.

A striking painting called "The Host" is based on the artist's personal experience with a parasitic worm that he discovered in his eye.

A Tennessee teen's summer trip to Florida turned nightmarish after he contracted hookworms from playing in sand at the beach.

It's not the type of garnish you want on your salmon: a translucent, wriggling worm.

She may be small, but check out that stinger!