Researchers are pinning their hopes on the saliva of a parasitic worm to help cure and prevent one of the country's worst health problems — type 2 diabetes. James Cook University researchers are ...

For many, the idea of having a few dozen hookworms set up shop in your gut sounds more like a Survivor challenge than a beneficial health therapy, but scientists see a bright future in this human worm ...

The study tested stool specimens from 704 children from Alabama’s Wilcox and Perry counties for STH. Results surprisingly found no traces of STH in any samples, despite 12 percent of the study cohort ...

In the early 20th century, the Rockefeller Foundation embarked upon a massive public-health campaign that radically changed the economic landscape of the Southeastern United States. A parasite, the ...