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Humans can get animal parasites, doctor warns. Doctors have advised animal owners to keep their pets clean to protect against the transfer of parasitic infection in the home. Citing an example, [...]

Man with scrotal pain has parasitic worms having a ‘dance party’ inside testicles. Doctors caught a parasitic worm having a ‘dance party’ in a man’s testicle after [...]

Botulism from food causes the death of a respected outdoorsman from Jackson Hole. Wyoming social media reports the death of 55-year-old Hans Russell, who succumbed to botulism after being [...]

Recall of Lone Star Bakery’s Boomerang’s Beef Shepherd’s Pie

The frozen falafel-spread outbreak of E. coli O121 appears over, according to CDC. A multistate outbreak of E. coli O121 infections, first reported around Oct. 7, is over, the federal Centers for [...]

What to know about listeria and food recalls BY SARAH D’ORAZIO, Ph.D. associate professor at the UK College of Medicine The University of Kentucky Public Relations and Strategic Communications [...]

Ultrasound Gel Bacterial Contamination Outbreak in 2021 Led to 2 Deaths, 119 Infections: CDC Both the manufacturers’ quality control protocols and healthcare personnel mistakes led to the [...]

Experts create models to assess Listeria risks in some foods. Scientists have developed formal risk assessment models for Listeria monocytogenes in certain foods. The models need to be tested and [...]

One of The World’s Worst Parasites May Hide an Amazing Healing Effect. Mycobacterium leprae bacteria in skin smear specimen. (Charles C. Shepard/CDC) In an ironic twist, researchers have [...]

A dangerous parasite that can infect people is now found in U.S. foxes. A rare parasitic disease that has long been documented in Europe seems to have taken root in the United States. Researchers [...]