The UK has invested in a £3million partnership to fight a little-known disease putting women and girls at risk of HIV, cancer and infertility. Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is spread by a ...

This week, Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) announced a new album, Ricochet, and shared its first single, “Dead End,” via a ...

Giant African snails are spreading into new regions, bringing with them a parasite known to cause serious illness in humans.

Snails seem like slow, unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most predatory and venomous creatures crawling the seafloor. This YouTube video shows ...

Parasites are organisms that feed off their hosts for survival. Such parasitic creatures can cause mild to serious symptoms and, in some cases, fatal infections in their hosts. “Overall, parasites ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a case of rat lungworm disease in an individual on the island of Kauai. Rat lungworm disease, a parasitic disease also known as neuroangiostrongyliasis, ...

State health officials have confirmed a case of rat lungworm disease in a Kauai resident. Neuroangiostrongyliasis, commonly known as rat lungworm disease, is caused by a parasitic roundworm and can ...

The Department of Health used new, highly sensitive testing methodology to confirm a Kauai resident is infected with rat lungworm disease, known by its scientific name as neuroangiostrongyliasis. The ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state has confirmed a new case of rat lungworm disease on Kauai, marking the island’s first case in six years. The state Department of Health announced the new case ...