Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.

Nearly 850 species of parasites are known to infect people; some, like the potentially deadly plasmodium parasite that causes ...

The string test, which is also called the Entero-test, is a test used to find parasites in the upper part of your gastrointestinal tract. To perform the test, you swallow a string. When the string is ...

You don’t need to spend much time hobnobbing among wellness circles—on social media or in real life—before parasite cleanses come up. Long before they started trending on TikTok, I succumbed to doing ...

Medicinal plants like Asteraceae and Zingiberaceae combat amoebiasis (a parasitic infection). Discover the potent ...

The trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a major impact on human health and disease. These microbes help us digest food and absorb nutrients; they can ...

A review of food and waterborne parasites in Kenya has highlighted gaps in surveillance, which researchers say means there is limited data to help inform public health interventions. In Kenya, the ...