Michigan health department issued advisory to thoroughly wash greens and remove the outer layer of lettuce in the wake of the virus outbreak. More than half US states have reported an outbreak of Cyclosporiasis, an infection caused by a microscopic parasite that is leading to explosive diarrhoea. Michigan is the worst affected, as the state […]
For a long time, scientists believed that parasitic relationships between marine species developed much later in Earth’s history. But new fossil evidence from Morocco suggests otherwise. A recent study published in iScience found signs of parasitic worms living inside the shells of an ancient sea creature about 480 million years ago, during the Early Ordovician […]
Canadians slam a video promoting giving birth in Canada to get permanent residency in the country. (Photo: Screenshot of the viral video) Canadians are outraged over a viral video of an Indian influencer suggesting people to get their babies born in Canada so that they can get Canadian PR on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Speaking […]
A medical mystery in Maryland has jolted health authorities. A traveler returning from Guatemala was found infected with the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite long thought banished from American soil. According to Reuters, it is the first confirmed human case in the United States since the parasite began creeping north from Central America last […]
The first human case of the deadly flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm has been detected in the United States, specifically in Maryland, in a person who recently returned from El Salvador. This parasitic fly lays eggs in wounds of warm-blooded animals. The larvae hatch and burrow into living flesh, feeding on it […]
