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Screwworm: Why is this flesh-eating parasite making a comeback?
The screwworm larva has tusk-like mandibles protruding from its mouth Scott Camazine/Alamy Countries across the Americas have spent…
A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive Is Creeping North Toward the US
On November 22, the United States Department of Agriculture temporarily halted the import of cattle from Mexico after…
Intestinal parasites may reduce covid-19 vaccine effectiveness
Ancylostoma duodenale, or hookworm, causes one of the most common intestinal parasite infections in people globally Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock…
How Do You Get Drugs to the Brain? Maybe Try a Parasite
In a new study, a global team of researchers hijacked the system Toxoplasma uses to secrete proteins into…
In Defense of Parasitic Worms
CAPTION: Chelsea Wood kneels to search for shore crabs at a beach in Tacoma, Washington. She will later…
Stink bugs grow a fungal garden on their legs to fight parasitic wasps
A Megymenum stink bug Young Swee Ming/Shutterstock Female stink bugs have a bizarre organ that they use to…
AI can spot parasites in stool samples to help diagnose infections
AI can spot the parasites in stool samples Antti Suutala/ Lundin et al, 2024, PLOS NTDs, CC-BY 4.0…