The Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium says it has achieved a milestone by administering arpraziquantel to the first preschool-aged child for the treatment of schistosomiasis, otherwise known as snail ...

Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it home as a souvenir for his first trip to a coral reef, but decided against ...

New discovery of a fragile ecosystem beneath undersea volcano leaves researchers baffled. They fear it may be vulnerable to ...

Although rodents alone host the adult form of the parasite, their feces pass its larvae to snails and slugs, which can transmit the worm to humans. The larvae that infect people never mature ...

Pep Guardiola’s side are aiming to bounce back quickly from an early Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid in midweek, by ensuring that they don't drop more points in the race to ...

Out of lockstep by a few months as always, the ultimate Galaxy and the best iPhone ever meet again. The S25 Ultra is low on dramatic changes, the 16 Pro Max was a polishing job itself - perhaps we ...

(WJW) – A New England woman thought she was just dealing with jet lag after an extended vacation, but medical experts later diagnosed her symptoms as an infection from brain worms. The woman ...

The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug of the Year competition, a less than scientific social experiment held every year by the Entomological Society of New Zealand to test the ...

Premier League leaders Liverpool needed Trent Alexander-Arnold's second-half equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday that lifted them eight points clear at the top. Liverpool ...

In addition to eating raw or undercooked infected snails or slugs ... In January, a disturbing X-ray of a human body riddled with worms went viral after the patient contracted cysticercosis ...

A WOMAN who complained of a burning sensation in her feet after returning home from a trip abroad was revealed to have parasitic worms in her ... undercooked infected snails or slugs; ingestion ...