Allison Little, a middle school assistant principal from Anchorage, has been fishing on the Kasilof River her entire adult life, so she’s used to seeing wormy parasites coiled up in fish on occasion.

More than 90 percent of popular Southern California freshwater game fish sampled in a new study contained invasive worms capable of infecting humans, scientists warn. The parasites — two species of ...

In Southern California, a quiet but widespread public health risk has taken root in the region’s freshwater fishing spots. Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego recently ...

Hammerhead worms are turning up all over Washington, DC and northern Virginia, the Washington Post reported. The worms carry the same toxins as puffer fish though a single worm probably couldn't kill ...

The Filet-O-Fish is made with wild-caught Alaska pollock. And it is this fact that leads to a potentially unappetizing ...

Here’s a comforting thought: you might not actually be alone in your own body right now. Parasites are far more common than ...

Worm infestation, medically referred to as helminthic infestation, remains one of the most common yet under-recognised health problems affecting children in India. Helminths are parasitic worms that ...