A New England woman thought she was just dealing with jet lag after an extended vacation, but medical experts later diagnosed her symptoms as an infection from brain worms.

Doctors were baffled. It was the start of a medical mystery that’s the subject of a New England Journal of Medicine case study this month. In an 11-page paper published Feb. 12, doctors at ...

Nematodes have oily surfaces that impact survival and interactions, offering insights into evolution and parasite control. A ...

In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting ...

At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

There are many reasons why you might find blood in your cat’s stool, including cancer, pancreatitis, worms, and constipation. As this could indicate a serious health condition, it’s always recommended ...

It may not come close to the haul pulled from the 1978 Lufthansa Heist, but in this era of escalating egg prices in New Jersey and throughout the country, the theft of 100,000 eggs in Pennsylvania ...

Someone has stolen about 100,000 eggs from a distribution trailer in south-central Pennsylvania as rising egg prices and shortages continue to worry U.S. consumers. The eggs were taken from the ...

Then he asked one of life’s big questions: “Who’s ready to touch some worm poop?” Though most kids responded with a chorus of “Ew, gross,” they got on board pretty quickly. “To have good soil, we have ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - In diners and in stores, consumers are beginning to see the impact of bird flu spreading across the country, making the scramble for eggs a real challenge for shoppers.

Indiana-based Rose Acre Farms, the second largest egg producer in the U.S., has confirmed fowl deaths from bird flu at its Indiana facility. Rose Acre Farms, which has locations in seven states ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And it appears there may be no ...