Parasitic Diseases List

Teen dies from parasitic infection related to pork tapeworm    kwbe BY DR. JAMIE FELZER AND DR. ASHLEY KNIGHT-GREENFIELD. (NEW YORK) — A report published Friday details a severe case in which a tapeworm ...

'Lemme tell ya…': A client convo on parasites    dvm360 (Kimberly Reinick/stock.adobe.com)While a lot of parasite preventive sales have walked from veterinary practice shelves to online pharmacies and ...

'Lemme tell ya…': A client convo on parasites    dvm360 (Kimberly Reinick/stock.adobe.com)While a lot of parasite preventive sales have walked from veterinary practice shelves to online pharmacies and ...

Disturbing Parasite Levels in Public Water Systems    Technology Networks When consumed in contaminated water, the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium can cause symptoms of stomach cramps, diarrhea and fever. Now ...

Raising awareness of heartworm in dogs    Red Bluff Daily News Spring is officially here and with it, as I am sure you have noticed, those pesky mosquitoes have begun to emerge. Every April, to coincide with the beginning of ...

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

Outrage Erupts After Homeopath Admits to Giving Child Bleach    Patheos A homeopath shared on Facebook that she treated a child with bleach and fecal pellets. The post elicited outrage and calls for her arrest.

Cattle with parasites graze less efficiently    Western Producer Cattle infected with parasites spend less time grazing and more time idling in the pasture, leading to lower weight gains compared to animals treated to.

Double vision in research? Medicinal chemistry and chemical biology    Open Access Government Professor Colin Sucking discusses the work at the University of Strathclyde that explores the combination of medicinal chemistry and chemical biology.

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

'Lemme tell ya…': A client convo on parasites    dvm360 (Kimberly Reinick/stock.adobe.com)While a lot of parasite preventive sales have walked from veterinary practice shelves to online pharmacies and ...

Teen dies of tapeworm egg infestation in brain    KPRC Click2Houston An 18-year-old who complained of seizures in the emergency room of an Indian hospital turned out to have parasites in his brain, according to a case study ...

Parasite Control Begins with Understanding Active Ingredients    Bovine Veterinarian Strategic use of active ingredients offers promise in managing parasites.

Raising awareness of heartworm in dogs    Red Bluff Daily News Spring is officially here and with it, as I am sure you have noticed, those pesky mosquitoes have begun to emerge. Every April, to coincide with the beginning of ...

10-Year-Old Girl Visits The Tropics And Comes Back With Horrific Foot Infection    IFLScience In this week's puzzling New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) image challenge, they present the case of a 10-year-old girl who visited a primary care clinic ...

18-Year-Old Suffering Seizures Dies After Tapeworm Eggs Infect His Brain    Health.com An 18-year-old man in India went to the ER after having a seizure, but then doctors found tapeworm eggs had infected his brain. Learn more about tonic.

Rotary helps send 'health hub' to South Africa    ECM Publishers The Rotary Club of Edina is supporting a project to develop a “holistic health hub” in the Malusi Informal Settlement in South Africa.

Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body's 'tuft cells' do    Science Magazine While poring over tissue slides in the 1920s, a Soviet microscopist spotted an oddball cell squeezed into the intestinal lining. With its bulbous shape and bristly ...

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

Parasite control begins with understanding active ingredients    Feedstuffs Using parasiticides in cattle without considering the active ingredients in those products presents dangers for an operation, according to a "Quick Tips" ...

Stealthy Nesting Cowbirds | Outdoors    WV News Many biologists have a love/hate relationship with brown-headed cowbirds. We love their ecological and behavioral ingenuity, but we hate the impact they have ...

Outrage Erupts After Homeopath Admits to Giving Child Bleach    Patheos A homeopath shared on Facebook that she treated a child with bleach and fecal pellets. The post elicited outrage and calls for her arrest.

Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body's 'tuft cells' do    Science Magazine While poring over tissue slides in the 1920s, a Soviet microscopist spotted an oddball cell squeezed into the intestinal lining. With its bulbous shape and bristly ...

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

New research aims to turn worms against parasite-associated cancer    News-Medical.net Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related ...

A Heavy Burden: The Indirect Cost of Illness in Africa - World    ReliefWeb Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO. WHO launches an investment case to achieve SDGs and universal health coverage in Africa.

Local vet warns of rise in tick-borne diseases, heartworm in pets    WMBF With the warmer weather comes the pesky insects, and that means keeping a close eye on your furry friends when it comes to parasite prevention.

Parasitic worms cause cancer—and could help cure it    Medical Xpress Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related ...

'Lemme tell ya…': A client convo on parasites    dvm360 (Kimberly Reinick/stock.adobe.com)While a lot of parasite preventive sales have walked from veterinary practice shelves to online pharmacies and ...

Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body's 'tuft cells' do    Science Magazine While poring over tissue slides in the 1920s, a Soviet microscopist spotted an oddball cell squeezed into the intestinal lining. With its bulbous shape and bristly ...

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

Parasite Control Begins with Understanding Active Ingredients    Bovine Veterinarian Strategic use of active ingredients offers promise in managing parasites.

WHO Report Estimates Productivity Cost Of Illness In Africa    Kaiser Family Foundation WHO Regional Office for Africa: Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO “The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly ...

Letters to the Editor, DOGS: Major pile up    Coeur d'Alene Press Now that winter's snow is on the way out and spring is bringing in warmer weather, it's great to get outside a.

Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body's 'tuft cells' do    Science Magazine While poring over tissue slides in the 1920s, a Soviet microscopist spotted an oddball cell squeezed into the intestinal lining. With its bulbous shape and bristly ...

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

Parasite control begins with understanding active ingredients    Feedstuffs Using parasiticides in cattle without considering the active ingredients in those products presents dangers for an operation, according to a "Quick Tips" ...

Parasite Control Begins with Understanding Active Ingredients    Bovine Veterinarian Strategic use of active ingredients offers promise in managing parasites.

Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body's 'tuft cells' do    Science Magazine While poring over tissue slides in the 1920s, a Soviet microscopist spotted an oddball cell squeezed into the intestinal lining. With its bulbous shape and bristly ...

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

Spring pest control    Harness Racing Update Spring is that all-too-brief transition from the chill of sub-zero morning jogs to the headaches of hot-weather racing. As the temperature begins to slowly climb, ...

Parasite control begins with understanding active ingredients    Feedstuffs Using parasiticides in cattle without considering the active ingredients in those products presents dangers for an operation, according to a "Quick Tips" ...

Spring pest control    Harness Racing Update Spring is that all-too-brief transition from the chill of sub-zero morning jogs to the headaches of hot-weather racing. As the temperature begins to slowly climb, ...

Everything UK farmers need to know about rumen fluke - and how to treat it    FG Insight While there are still some question marks about the relative importance of rumen fluke, it is becoming increasingly prevalent in the UK.

Parasite Control Begins with Understanding Active Ingredients    Bovine Veterinarian Strategic use of active ingredients offers promise in managing parasites.

Apple Wants To Remind Us It Isn’t Screwing Us Over On Privacy Like Everyone Else    BuzzFeed News At an event Monday, as Apple debuted a new TV streaming *service*, an Apple Pay credit card, a gaming *service*, and a subscription news *service*, the company ...

Parasite control begins with understanding active ingredients    Feedstuffs Using parasiticides in cattle without considering the active ingredients in those products presents dangers for an operation, according to a "Quick Tips" ...

Mosquito-borne diseases get a boost from climate change    Salon Bugs like it hot, and evolve faster when there's lots of carbon dioxide.

Practice Report: Jackets prepare for Montreal challenge    NHL.com Werenski good to go; top line playing well at right time.

Parasite Control Begins with Understanding Active Ingredients    Bovine Veterinarian Strategic use of active ingredients offers promise in managing parasites.

Should You Flush Dog Poop?    urbanmilwaukee Leave it to a Facebook neighborhood group in town to ask the big questions. And this week's query is this: “Is it safe to flush your dog's poop down the toilet?”.

'Lemme tell ya…': A client convo on parasites    dvm360 (Kimberly Reinick/stock.adobe.com)While a lot of parasite preventive sales have walked from veterinary practice shelves to online pharmacies and ...

Disturbing Parasite Levels in Public Water Systems    Technology Networks When consumed in contaminated water, the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium can cause symptoms of stomach cramps, diarrhea and fever. Now ...

These disease-carrying parasites are on the rise in Edinburgh according to experts    Edinburgh Live The Scottish capital is currently at "high to medium risk" from the blood-sucking ticks which are known to target humans and dogs.

Manipulating bacteria found in mosquitoes could help control disease    UChicago News UChicago, MBL scientists identify key piece of mobile DNA on parasite.

Cape Cod Researchers Find Mosquito Parasite Which May Lead to Disease Control    CapeCod.com News WOODS HOLE – Controlling mosquito-borne illnesses has been difficult due to a lack of effective vaccines and concerns about insecticides so scientists have ...

Dog poop becoming a noticeable problem on walking paths    CHAT News Today MEDICINE HAT, AB - When you're out and about enjoying the walking paths and trails in Medicine Hat, one thing you don't want to run into or step on, is dog ...

Practice Report: Jackets prepare for Montreal challenge    NHL.com Werenski good to go; top line playing well at right time.

51-year-old woman reveals how she overcame frequent illness [Sponsored]    Daily Post Nigeria HOW I OVERCAME THE ISSUE OF FREQUENT ILLNESS What you are about to learn will change your wealth and life completely, like it changed mine.

Stealthy nesting cowbirds    Beckley Register-Herald Many biologists have a love/hate relationship with brown-headed cowbirds. We love their ecological and behavioral ingenuity, but we hate the impact they have ...

Poor eating habits now the major cause of diseases    News Ghana Professor Felix Ankomah Asante, Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research on Friday identified poor eating habits as one of the major ...

Poor eating habits now the major cause of diseases    News Ghana Professor Felix Ankomah Asante, Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research on Friday identified poor eating habits as one of the major ...

Parasite Control Begins with Understanding Active Ingredients    Bovine Veterinarian Strategic use of active ingredients offers promise in managing parasites.

10-Year-Old Girl Visits The Tropics And Comes Back With Horrific Foot Infection    IFLScience In this week's puzzling New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) image challenge, they present the case of a 10-year-old girl who visited a primary care clinic ...

Conserving These Endangered Prawns Is A Tasty Way To Protect Human Health    Forbes Restocking rivers in tropical and subtropical Africa with a large endangered freshwater prawn not only provides locals with a protein-rich food source, but it also ...

Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO    World Health Organization Praia, Cabo Verde, 27 March 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 630 million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to the ...

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

Parasitic worms cause cancer -- and could help cure it    Science Daily Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related ...

New research aims to turn worms against parasite-associated cancer    News-Medical.net Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related ...

10-Year-Old Girl Visits The Tropics And Comes Back With Horrific Foot Infection    IFLScience In this week's puzzling New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) image challenge, they present the case of a 10-year-old girl who visited a primary care clinic ...

Conserving These Endangered Prawns Is A Tasty Way To Protect Human Health    Forbes Restocking rivers in tropical and subtropical Africa with a large endangered freshwater prawn not only provides locals with a protein-rich food source, but it also ...

Chickens still fed tons of antibiotics | News    The Times Britain's chicken producers are still using hundreds of tons of antibiotics a year despite claiming to have cut their use by more than 80%, an investigation has ...

Taste for danger    Science Magazine A mystery for almost a century, tuft cells turn out to use chemical sensors to detect pathogens and sound the alarm. Open in new tab. On the lookout for parasites ...

Cryptosporidium parasite detected in Minnesota groundwater    Canada Free Press By American Chemical Society —— Bio and Archives--March 30, 2019. Global Warming-Energy-Environment | Comments | Print Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us.

Promising New Drugs to Fight TB    Infection Control Today a new way to thwart mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)

Local manufacturers in EAC demand equal tariff on imports    Ventures Africa The continuous influx of imported goods in local markets have raised concerns for manufacturers and farmers in East Africa, forcing them to push for the full ...

Federal government considers new taxes to boost revenue in Nigeria    Ventures Africa Nigeria's finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, has revealed the government's plans to introduce new taxes in a bid to increase revenue of the country.

THE WILD SIDE    The Daily Jeffersonian Many biologists have a love/hate relationship with brown-headed cowbirds. We love their ecological and behavioral ingenuity, but we hate the impact they have ...

Tourist films rare and strange snake behavior    AOL Travel UK During a recent stay in the Kruger National Park we decided to go for an early morning walk through the rest camp we were staying at. While we were spending ...

Second rat lungworm disease case this year confirmed on Hawaii Island    KHON2 Dr. Bruce Anderson, director of the State Department of Health, believes an accidentally eaten slug or snail from the home garden was the likely infection source.

Teen dies of tapeworm larvae infestation in the brain    WDAF FOX4 Kansas City An 18-year-old who complained of seizures in the emergency room of an Indian hospital turned out to have parasites in his brain, according to a case study ...

Teen suffering from seizures dies after doctors discover parasitic tapeworm eggs in his brain    Fox News An 18-year-old India man, who was not identified, complained of having pain in his groin and swelling in his eye, was found to have parasites in his brain.

Second rat lungworm disease case this year confirmed on Hawaii Island    KHON2 Dr. Bruce Anderson, director of the State Department of Health, believes an accidentally eaten slug or snail from the home garden was the likely infection source.

Sir David Attenborough accuses fish farms of threatening the survival of wild salmon    Daily Mail In a YouTube film commissioned by Salmon and Trout Conservation Scotland, Sir David Attenborough warned: 'The survival of these astonishing fish is at risk'.

Infectious disease bric-a-bracs: Cerebral malaria, Anti-filarial drugs, What causes autism?    Outbreak News Today Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news, opinion and research reported across the globe: Unsticking malaria. One feature of the ...

How An 18-Year-Old Died From Pork Tapeworm Larvae In His Brain    Forbes An 18-year-old man died from a case of cysticercosis, caused by eating the eggs of this parasite.

Salmonella linked to hedgehogs spreading    Press Herald Two months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised people not to “kiss or snuggle hedgehogs” because of a salmonella outbreak, the ...

Teen dies from parasitic infection related to pork tapeworm    Sand Hills Express BY DR. JAMIE FELZER AND DR. ASHLEY KNIGHT-GREENFIELD. (NEW YORK) — A report published Friday details a severe case in which a tapeworm ...

Should You Flush Dog Poop?    urbanmilwaukee Leave it to a Facebook neighborhood group in town to ask the big questions. And this week's query is this: “Is it safe to flush your dog's poop down the toilet?”.

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In This Week's Best New Comics    Kotaku Australia We all have at least a few deeply-held beliefs that would alarm our peers were they ever to be made public. But having faith in the wild ideas lurking in their ...

Doctor: Beware of fruits abroad, get your shots    Newsday Dr. Theresa Fiorito, of NYU Winthrop Hospital, also advises students who study or vacation abroad to take simple steps such as not eating fruit that can't be ...

Sharing scraps in growing compost revolution    Ballarat Courier Slowly, people are calling past Steph's place, including a family up the street, dropping random scraps.

Chris Grier: Ryan Tannehill was not a mistake    NBC Sports Chris Grier was the Dolphins' director of college scouting when they drafted Ryan Tannehill, and has since been promoted to G.M. It was Grier who made the ...

How An 18-Year-Old Died From Pork Tapeworm Larvae In His Brain    Forbes An 18-year-old man died from a case of cysticercosis, caused by eating the eggs of this parasite.

PREVIEW: Blue Jackets put win streak on line in Buffalo    BlueJackets.com Columbus holds final wild card spot in East heading into game.

Fans Are Pissed That An 'Avengers: Endgame' Poster Is How They Found Out A Beloved Character Didn't Actually Survive The Snap    Guacamoley We are only a month away from the release of Avengers: Endgame, possibly the biggest movie event of the year. And it looks like Marvel and Disney aren't done ...

Second rat lungworm disease case this year confirmed on Hawaii Island    KHON2 Dr. Bruce Anderson, director of the State Department of Health, believes an accidentally eaten slug or snail from the home garden was the likely infection source.

Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body's 'tuft cells' do    Science Magazine While poring over tissue slides in the 1920s, a Soviet microscopist spotted an oddball cell squeezed into the intestinal lining. With its bulbous shape and bristly ...

Free forecasting with Parasite Watch    The Scottish Farmer Parasite Watch – the only online forecasting *service* offering real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK – has again…

Water: The essential global resource    Open Access Government Mr. Mbayo Guy Kakumbi, and Dr Bagayoko Magaran, The WHO Regional Office for Africa reveal their stance on the essential global resource of water.

Cattle with parasites graze less efficiently    Western Producer Cattle infected with parasites spend less time grazing and more time idling in the pasture, leading to lower weight gains compared to animals treated to.

New research aims to turn worms against parasite-associated cancer    News-Medical.net Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related ...

Teen dies of tapeworm egg infestation in brain, study says    WDSU New Orleans Teen suffering from seizures dies after doctors discover parasitic tapeworm eggs in his brain    Fox News Teen dies of tapeworm larvae infestation in the brain    CNN Teen dies from tapeworm infection in brain    CBS News View full coverage on Google News

See what happens when tapeworms infest your brain    Popular Science Tapeworms are revolting no matter where you find them, but at least in your gut they're where they belong. We are, unfortunately, their primary host and, ...

The White Specks in This Man's Brain Turned Out to Be Something Unimaginably Horrible    ScienceAlert When an 18-year-old man arrived at a hospital in Faridabad, India, complaining of seizures and pain, it's difficult to know what he was expecting. But it can't have ...

The Worst Disease Ever Recorded    The Atlantic A doomsday fungus known as Bd has condemned more species to extinction than any other pathogen.

Quebec outbreak of toxoplasmosis linked to undercooked venison    Montreal Gazette Health officials are recommending that people avoid eating venison killed in Illinois, where many local species seem to have been infected with the disease.

Guinea worm disease eradication: a moving target    The Lancet Deadlines for the eradication of Guinea worm disease have come and gone without success. The first deadline was set in 1991, when the World Health ...

Challenges Remain For Guinea Worm Disease Eradication Efforts    Kaiser Family Foundation The Lancet: Guinea worm disease eradication: a moving target. Editorial Board. “Deadlines for the eradication of Guinea worm disease have come and gone ...

Rising temperatures will help mosquitos infect a billion more people    Popular Science New research indicates that climate change could result in one billion new cases of infectious diseases globally by century's end.

No, this photo does not show a child's heart infected with parasites    AFP Factcheck A photo of a worm-infested heart has been shared tens of thousands of times in Facebook posts that claim it belonged to a child who died after he caught the ...

Raising awareness of heartworm in dogs    Red Bluff Daily News Spring is officially here and with it, as I am sure you have noticed, those pesky mosquitoes have begun to emerge. Every April, to coincide with the beginning of ...

Guide to Neosporosis: what is it, treatment for dogs and how to prevent    BBC Countryfile Magazine Our expert guide explains what Neosporosis is and how to reduce infection risk in your dog.

Parasitic worms cause cancer—and could help cure it    Medical Xpress Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related ...

Your daily 6: Grand Canyon tourist dies in fall, video captures brutal killing of bear, teen dies of tapeworm infection in brain    STLtoday.com FILE - In this March 20, 2007, file photo, the Skywalk hangs over the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation before its grand opening ceremony at ...

Don't poo-poo moose poop    Spartan Newsroom By ERIC FREEDMAN Capital News *Service* LANSING – What are moose poop and moose pee good for? Nope, that's not a middle school joke. It's a science ...

Detecting a melange of diseases in milliseconds    Research Matters Researchers at IIT Delhi develop a portable hardware system to detect malaria, tuberculosis, intestinal parasites and cervical cancer.

Cattle with parasites graze less efficiently    Western Producer Cattle infected with parasites spend less time grazing and more time idling in the pasture, leading to lower weight gains compared to animals treated to.

Closing in on a century-old mystery, scientists are figuring out what the body's 'tuft cells' do    Science Magazine While poring over tissue slides in the 1920s, a Soviet microscopist spotted an oddball cell squeezed into the intestinal lining. With its bulbous shape and bristly ...