Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing ...
Orange sea creature with ‘bubble’-like bumps discovered as new species off Louisiana
Off the coast of Louisiana, scientists aboard a research vessel hauled up a box-like structure and began to take it apart.
What is the New World screwworm and why does it have Texas officials on alert?
The recent detection of a flesh-eating parasite that hasn't been seen in the U.S. since the 1960s has Texas wildlife experts ...
Flesh-eating parasite with ‘sharp mouth hooks’ has US on alert for first time since 1966
A recent detection of a flesh-eating parasite in southern Mexico has U.S. officials concerned that the previously eradicated New World Screwworm (NWS) could make its way back into the country for the ...