Experts: Flesh-eating screwworm parasite

Published: 8 April 2025

The flesh-eating screwworm parasite — whose larvae feed on animals and, in rare cases, humans — is spreading further north into Central America and Mexico, prompting Costa Rica to declare a...

A ‘tropical’ parasitic disease emerges in the Arctic

Published: 28 April 2016

By Julie Robert, McGill University Health Centre Canadian researchers describe the first outbreak of Cryptosporidium parasite in Nunavik

How parasites take a bigger bite

Published: 23 October 2015

Discovery explains how Leishmania parasite boosts its infection

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