Intestinal worms have figured out a way to keep themselves protected from your body’s immune system, by taking control of part of it. The job of flushing out these worms would normally go to your T ...

Top doctors explain intestinal worm symptoms, transmission, deworming medicines and doses, prevention, pet risks, and whether ...

Parasitic worms are having a slimy moment. In the wake of news that a 3-inch snake parasite burrowed into a woman’s brain comes the horrifying report of giant intestinal worms that went wandering in a ...

A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths (STH), according to a clinical ...

Intestinal worms can help reduce inflammation in the human body—but only if they have enough dietary fiber. Without it, they switch into a hibernation-like state and their protective effect disappears ...

Eric Maloba's five-year-old son underwent surgery to remove intestinal worms. According to Maloba, who hails from Matungu in Kakamega County, the worms had taken a huge toll on his son's health. "He ...

National Deworming Day highlights why intestinal worm infections matter for children's nutrition, anaemia, growth and ...