NEW YORK – An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny worms were removed from the left eye ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A woman had experienced eye redness and itchiness for about a month before doctors pinpointed the ...

Parasites are dangerous creatures that survive off their hosts. Here are 12 common parasites that feed on the human body.

In the bustling city of Beijing, China, a 41-year-old woman would leave her home shared with her pet cat and head to work in an office. But in the summer of 2022, her day was interrupted by the ...

Parasites burrowed into a Texas woman’s eye, causing her to go blind — and it’s because she went swimming in contact lenses. Brooklyn McCasland, 23, visited Alabama with friends in August when she ...

When most people think of worms, they imagine harmless garden creatures wriggling through soil. Yet, the world of worms is far more sinister. Some are terrifying predators, invasive parasites, or ...

We live in a world filled with parasites which try to make comfortable homes of choice organs of our bodies. Last week, I mentioned the case of Jewish business man in whose brain a baby tape worm was ...

(FOX NEWS) -- An Oregon woman with a rare eye infection that resulted in 14 tiny worms being removed may be the first human to have contracted a parasitic infection spread by flies, a scientific ...