More than 90 percent of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contain a parasite that is capable of inducing strokes or heart attacks in the humans who eat them. Researchers said the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anisakiasis is a parasitic infection where worms attach to parts of the gastrointestinal tract. It occurs when a person ingests raw or undercooked seafood. Anisakid nematodes are a type of roundworm ...