Rajshekhar Gaji was staring at something that should not exist. Under his microscope, parasites that should have been thriving were instead dying—completely unable to survive without a protein his lab ...

A microscopic parasite quietly infects the brains of millions worldwide. Known scientifically as Toxoplasma gondii, this tiny invader silently alters brain function without obvious symptoms. Beneath ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Wilson's research team is now working to analyze samples from human blood banks to look for EVs linked to Toxoplasma gondii brain infection. The team also hopes to better understand how glial cells ...

Health officials in Hawaii have confirmed nine cases of rat lungworm disease in the last three months, according to CNN. The rare disease is caused by a parasite known as Angiostrongylus cantonensis, ...

What do you get when you take an alien parasite and smush it together with a human being? Would you get to become a ...

Researchers from the University of Florida in Gainesville identified a potentially deadly, meningitis-inducing parasite across five counties in the state, according to a study published in the journal ...

A boy has died after exposure to a rare brain-eating parasite at Lake Mead, the popular recreation area near Las Vegas, health officials say. The brain-eating amoeba, known technically as Naegleria ...

People may become infected when they eat unwashed produce hiding the mollusks. Home-growing food and keeping pets also raises the risk.

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection which affects roughly 1 in 3 humans: around 2.4 billion people. In its acute version, it can be lethal. But, for most people, it is latent and lacks clinical ...