Do you know what a hookworm is? It’s a filthy parasite which hides in your intestine, secured by a its hooks, and feeds on your blood. Ugh. They affect around 600 million people in the world, and ...

Scientists used an iPhone and a camera lens to diagnose intestinal worms in rural Tanzania, a breakthrough that could help doctors treat patients infected with the parasites, a study said on Tuesday.

Of the neglected tropical diseases, parasitic worms, or helminths, are one of the most common maladies. Diseases like this, caused by parasite or bacteria, kill around 534,000 a year, according to the ...

Hookworm is a parasite that causes infection in people of all ages. It enters the body through the skin and can lead to a number of complications. Hookworm is most likely to occur in a moist, hot ...

Some 2 billion people around the world are affected by parasitic worms. Researchers trying to help them may soon use a simple iPhone hack. The Toronto General Hospital's Isaac Bogoch and colleagues ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- In a hushed laboratory in downtown Washington, Peter Hotez squints through a microscope at what he calls the great infection of mankind. Under the lens, thousands of tiny ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to new research. Scientists at The University of Queensland and The University of Sydney have identified ...

This story definitely has a yuck factor. It's about hookworms. When hookworm eggs land on moist, warm ground, via human feces, they develop into larvae, raise their tiny selves upward, and wave back ...

Doing research in the field on hookworm, a parasite that affects about 2 billion people, a doctor needed to find a way to look at the anemia-causing bugs without a microscope. There’s not an app for ...

Hookworms are parasites that affect the small intestine and lungs. Symptoms generally start with itchiness and a rash where the larvae entered your skin. Doctor-prescribed medications are effective ...