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Beachgoers Beware? 5 Pathogens That Lurk In Sand
June 23, 2018 | ArticleBeach sand can harbor a number of bacteria, parasites and fungi that are linked with diseases.
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A Weird Lump on a Woman's Face Turned Out to Be a Worm Crawling Under Her Skin
June 20, 2018 | ArticleWhen a woman in Russia noticed a small lump under her left eye, she snapped a selfie. Then, the lump moved.
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See How Brain Worms Turn Ants into the Walking Dead
June 07, 2018 | ArticleCan you wrap your mind around the idea of an ant brain with a worm in it?
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Baby-Eating Ants Use Espionage, Chemical Warfare To Score Free Rent
April 24, 2018 | ArticleWorst. Roommates. Ever.
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These Gut Bugs Need Their Own Gut Bugs
March 14, 2018 | ArticleIt's a Russian nesting doll of sorts: Parasitic bugs that live in the human gut have their own set of gut bugs inside their intestines.
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How Swallowing a Slug Left a Teen Paralyzed
March 07, 2018 | ArticleAn Australian teenager who ate a garden slug on a dare was infected by a parasite that caused a debilitating brain disease, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.
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Why 17 People Volunteered to Be Infected with Parasitic Worms
March 05, 2018 | ArticleAt a university hospital in the Netherlands, 17 students have a tropical parasitic disease.
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Bizarre, Parasitic 'Fairy Lantern' Reappears in the Rainforest After 151 Years
March 05, 2018 | ArticleA strange plant that needs no sunlight and sucks on underground fungi for nutrients has turned up in Borneo, Malaysia, 151 years after the last time a scientist found it.
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Tick Bites Tick! Tiny Male Puts the Bite on an Engorged Female
March 01, 2018 | ArticleA tiny tick had an even tinier bloodsucking hitchhiker.
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Weird Worm Crawling in Oregon Woman's Eye Has Only Been Seen in Cows
February 12, 2018 | ArticleA 26-year-old woman in Oregon made a horrifying discovery: Her eyes were infected with small, translucent eye worms.
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