Pork can carry taenia solium larvae, a parasitic tapeworm. After eating infected pork, the larvae get into body tissues where ...

Those that do, he explains, could be at risk of being infected by a tapeworm—a long, ribbon-like parasite that can live in human intestines. The video, which Dr Fugura does not reference a ...

A shocking image of calcified parasites lodged in human soft tissue has gone viral on X, shared by US doctor Sam Ghali, who described the scan as one of the “most insane X-rays” he has ever ...

Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to know about them so you can avoid contracting one. Parasites are any organism that lives on or inside, or feeds on ...

Ironically, thanks to improvements in hygiene and sanitation, the risk of humans contracting these parasites is much lower and our bodies are no longer reaping those benefits. One study showed that ...

Echinococcus multilocularis infection is becoming more prevalent in North American wild and domestic canid species ...

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...