Is reheating contaminated food enough to make it safe? Health experts warn that heat can't destroy certain bacterial toxins.

Hawai‘i Department of Health advises the public that a high bacteria count advisory was issued for Kolekole Gulch in East ...

The evolutionary trick of parasitic worm that sneakily burrows into the skin of its victims could provide new alternatives to opioid-based pain treatments. Opioids are currently used to treat moderate ...

Scientists have discovered a parasite that can sneak into your skin without you feeling a thing. The worm, Schistosoma mansoni, has evolved a way to switch off the body’s pain and itch signals, ...

A parasite cleanse is a diet, herbal supplement, or other product that claims to get rid of parasites in your body. People who promote these cleanses claim that parasites are the cause of digestive ...

Timothy Brown is a member of the IUCN Parasite Specialist Group. Andrew Cunningham and Simon Goodman do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...

Sandra Binning is a member of the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL) and Ressources Aquatiques Québec (RAQ) and has received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering ...

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