Thurston County Public Health and Social Services reported the presence of possible parasites on Wednesday.

A dangerous parasite linked to rare but serious brain infections has now been detected on the West Coast for the first time.

A gruesome worm that lives in freshwater snails but can infect humans is on the rise in European holiday hotspots, experts have warned. Separate data, seen by MailOnline, also shows the number of ...

Researchers hypothesized that host stress influences the release of rat lungworm larvae from snails, and tested this prediction by subjecting wild-caught, naturally infected snails (the semi-slug ...