Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. There are more parasites than any other organism on Earth—which is one of the reasons Emmitt Jolly finds ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time mapped the genomes of tapeworms, shedding light on the evolution of one of humankind's oldest parasites and revealing new possibilities for drug ...

Here’s a comforting thought: you might not actually be alone in your own body right now. Parasites are far more common than ...

According to a new study, fox tapeworm infections are on the rise in Europe. Specifically, this is a dangerous infection that can go unnoticed for years and, if untreated, is almost always fatal to ...