Infecting yourself with internal parasites doesn't sound like the best way to feel better but scientists have "engineered" the genes of hookworms to deliver medicine – and "it's just crazy enough to ...

In a proof-of-concept lab experiment, scientists demonstrated that intestinal parasites could make and release therapeutic agents inside a living host.

Hookworms are one of the most common parasites plaguing the companion animal world. They use their hooklike mouths to latch onto an animal's intestines, where they feast on tissue fluids and blood.

Hookworms -- a common parasite in animals -- have become resistant to multiple deworming drugs used to kill them, a new study finds. Veterinarians typically use three types of drugs to kill hookworms, ...

The hookworm, found in raw sewage and thought to be eradicated from the United States, has crawled its way into Alabama, where residents are growing increasingly fearful of the potentially ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

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 ...

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 ...

NYC's stray cats are spreading disease—and young males are the worst offenders, a new study reveals.