A new collaboration between researchers at the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. will aid researchers in providing care for ...

Humans and hookworms have had a complicated relationship since the first day we stepped barefoot in the equatorial regions where the little parasites are endemic. Hookworms infect humans through skin ...

A phase 2 human clinical trial of an antigen for a parasitic infection caused by hookworms has been shown to be effective in ...

Doctors discovered live hookworms in a woman's stomach. A medical scan showed live hookworms in a woman’s stomach, shocking doctors who said she didn’t have the telltale gastrointestinal symptoms of ...

A phase 2 human clinical trial of an antigen for a parasitic infection caused by hookworms has been shown to be effective in ...

Treatment with hookworm larvae was well tolerated in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and although the primary outcome was not met there was some evidence of a beneficial therapeutic effect in ...

Infectious disease researchers at UAB have secured nearly $1.5 million in funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to look for parasitic hookworm infections in Alabama’s Black Belt region.

There's been a significant breakthrough in the development of a vaccine to prevent hookworm infection – a parasite which causes serious disease in tens of millions of people globally. Trials of the ...

Warmer weather means more bugs. Learn the hidden signs of infection and discover the best spring pet parasite prevention tips ...