U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states. Thursday's announcement by ...

Federal health officials are continuing to count cases of the diarrhea-causing parasite, which has now been confirmed in an ...

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The Chagas disease parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi) undergoes a major transformation throughout its life cycle to infect humans ...

Toxoplasma gondii, or Toxoplasma, is a parasite that infects hundreds of millions of people around the world. Although cases are often mild, it can cause severe symptoms in in people with weakened ...

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On Thursday, the Louisiana Department of Health reported that cases of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea, have reached 100 in the state. So far, there have ...

Cases of the parasitic infection cyclosporiasis have now been reported in 45 states. The CDC has confirmed over 6,700 cases, with more than 400 hospitalizations but no deaths. Symptoms commonly ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The latest data from the Arkansas Department of Health show infections of the intestinal parasite cyclosporiasis continue to increase. The ADH said Arkansas had 79 cases of the ...

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