Rat lungworm has been detected in San Diego animals, but local officials say the risk of its spread to Santa Barbara is low.

Despite decades of efforts to combat it, malaria remains a major global health threat. According to the World Health ...

The fan favorite (and much longer) edit of David Fincher's film contains a different version of the much-maligned 'Alien' film. Here's what's new. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large This version clocks ...

Shrishty is a decade-old journalist covering a variety of beats between politics to pop culture, but movies are her first love, which led her to study Film and TV Development at UCLAx. She lives and ...

A new Nature study shows how parasite-driven inflammation in the gut activates a tuft cell to serotonin to vagus nerve pathway, helping explain why infection can suppress appetite. Study: Parasites ...

Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the initial illness. For the millions of people around the world who are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tree tunnel in the Puna district of the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island. (Peter Unger/Getty Images) The parasite ...

The parasite that causes rat lungworm disease, long associated with Hawaii, was detected in California at the San Diego Zoo, raising concerns that the debilitating illness could become more widespread ...