A dangerous parasite linked to rare but serious brain infections has now been detected on the West Coast for the first time.

A deadly parasite that can cause cancer-like tumors has been detected along the West Coast for the first time. According to a ...

“This parasite is concerning because it has been spreading across North America,” lead study author Yasmine Hentati said ...

Earlier this month, in an act of urgency after finding many young Chinook salmon dead in the vegetation along the Upper ...

The latest USDA data showed New World screwworm was detected about 25 miles from the border. A Texas official said it may be as close as a mile away.

Chagas disease is often called a silent killer because many people don't realize they have it until complications from the infection kill them. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are ...

A New World screwworm infestation is taking place in Texas and New Mexico, but the parasite hasn't been found in Michigan yet ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday ...

Texas officials announced they have detected the New World screwworm in livestock, the first evidence of the parasite in that state in decades.

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