Two children who attended a Liverpool primary school which was battling an outbreak of an infectious stomach bug have died. The pair, five and six, were pupils at Millstead Primary School, in Everton, ...

If you've ever sipped some untreated tap water while you were abroad on vacation, you may have returned home with an unexpected souvenir: diarrhea. In most cases, there's a good chance you can blame a ...

An icky parasite that is a major source of tummy trouble for young children and nature lovers appears to have been infecting mammals for a very long time, researchers said Thursday. Giardia lamblia is ...

Giardiasis is an intestinal infection caused by a microscopic parasite called Giardia intestinalis. It is one of the most common causes of waterborne disease in the world. Giardia lamblia protozoan ...

I will discuss some type of worms and parasites that, when our pets are exposed to them, can also infect us. One of these infections is called a zoonotic disease. Veterinarians seem to discuss the ...

Credit - Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling (Source Images: Christoph Burgstedt—Getty Images, Kateryna Kon—Science Photo Library/Getty Images (2), Sinhyu/Getty Images) There are more parasites than ...

Traveling is definitely a fun experience; visiting countries with exciting natural wonders and experiencing new cultures. But ...

I will discuss in this column some type of worms that our pets can be infected with and whether we, their owners, are safe from these same parasites. One type of parasite we can contract from the ...