A worm-like parasite lived in a woman's eye for two years, and doctors believe it entered her body after she ate crocodile meat. The infected 28-year-old woman, from the town of Basankusu in the ...

A mass that had been growing in a woman's eye for two years turned out to be a parasite that sometimes passes from reptiles to humans, doctors say. The doctors flagged contaminated crocodile meat as a ...

MOORHEAD — A Moorhead High School sophomore is dealing with a rare eye disease because a microscopic parasite infected him after a swim in an area lake. Getting back onto the ice and practicing with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wellness coach living in a quiet Mexican beach town was forced to upend her life after doctors diagnosed her with a rare ...

Nearly 850 species of parasites are known to infect people; some, like the potentially deadly plasmodium parasite that causes ...

It infects nearly one-third of the global population, yet its microscopic size makes the parasite difficult for scientists to study. That parasite is Toxoplasma gondii, a widespread organism that ...

Parasites are organisms that survive by feeding on humans and other hosts, often causing mild to severe health problems. They can enter the body in multiple ways, including consuming contaminated food ...

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black bear ...

Vivian Nosovitsky, 21, had finished another year of traveling abroad when she noticed pain in her eye A wellness coach living in a quiet Mexican beach town was forced to upend her life after doctors ...

Vivian Nosovitsky had just finished another year of traveling abroad — and for the first time in a long while, she felt settled. After hosting retreats across Mexico, Sri Lanka and Peru, Nosovitsky, ...