Doctors didn't know why the woman wasn't getting better after being given medication for anemia and a bacterial stomach ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...

A 75-year-old woman, who has since recovered, didn’t have the gastrointestinal bleeding that usually accompanies the ...

Moms and Mutts Colorado Rescue for Pregnant and Nursing Dogs has been ordered to surrender all of the dogs in its care.

And have you ever heard of hookworm, a parasite you can pick up through the soles of your feet? Google it and be haunted. All that means that going open-toed in the subways is a risk. And yet ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which invade our immune system. The worms have co-evolved with us to secrete chemicals which alter our immune system ...

Researchers then examined her stool, which revealed the presence of hookworm eggs. Parasitic worms infect up to 480 million people globally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains.