Scientists at the University of Virginia have uncovered a surprising way the brain defends itself by letting a parasite in, ...

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...

Seizures in children are usually linked straight away to fever, family history or epilepsy, but doctors still keep running ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control.

TAMPA, Florida -- It's like something out of a science-fiction movie -- a brain-eating parasitic worm living in your eye. But for one Florida man, it was reality. ***Warning: This story contains ...

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom -- A British man kept having headache after headache, and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. When they finally conducted an MRI, doctors discovered something ...

A tropical parasite might be making its way into more temperate climates: Rats and snails in five Florida counties have tested positive for rat lungworm, a parasitic worm that can cause a rare type of ...