An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny worms were removed from the left eye of the ...

Most of the time, no symptoms occur. However, roundworm infections in humans can sometimes lead to tissue or nerve damage, or even ocular larva migrans, during which the worm larvae migrate to the eye ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Doctors at Chaitanya Eye Hospital uncovered the first case of African eye worm infection in the state when they removed a 15 cm-long worm from a man in Thiruvananthapuram.

More cases caused by M. pneumoniae in younger children are especially "notable," the CDC said in an Oct. 18 notice. According ...

AI matches ophthalmologists in diagnosing corneal infections, offering accuracy and speed, a study finds, highlighting AI's ...

This tiny marine worm lives around the Italian island of Ponza and is nocturnal, which means it sleeps in the day and comes out at night. Despite its small body, it's eyes are so big that ...

If you're going to eat a bear, make sure it's not rare.

Consuming undercooked bear meat is what likely led to a 10-person trichinellosis or trichinosis outbreak in western North ...

Foodborne illnesses are on the rise in the US. CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen looks at the most common causes of foodborne ...

The researchers now plan to explore whether the viruses drive any symptoms tied to these parasitic worms. O. volvulus, for example, has been implicated in onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE ...

Never mind allergies, scientists are investigating the more dramatic theory that parasitic worms could improve the symptoms of or even cure debilitating diseases in humans. Some researchers think that ...