The North Carolina Health Department is investigating more than 100 cases of illnesses that come from a parasite spread when people eat or drink food or water contaminated with feces. WRAL first ...

Members of the vertebrate group including anglerfishes are unique in possessing a characteristic known as sexual parasitism, in which males temporarily attach or permanently fuse with females to mate.

Researchers have uncovered how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum damages the blood-brain barrier, leading to severe ...