Ascaris is the genus of a variety of intestinal roundworm. Appropriately enough, the Denver band adopting such a gruesome moniker brings together the abrasive outrage of death metal and the aggression ...

A 4-year-old boy with a history of stomach pain, vomiting and abdominal distention eventually landed on the operating table where surgeons manually removed dozens of worms that had been living in his ...

A 41-year-old woman in China who visited the hospital multiple times over the years complaining of mysterious stomach pains has finally been diagnosed and treated. It turns out, a 30-centimeter ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Raya, a three-year-old toddler from Cianaga Village, Kabandungan Subdistrict, Sukabumi Regency, Indonesia, passed away on July 22, 2025. A nearly one-kilogram of worms was found in ...

The population dynamics of Ascaris suum was studied by long-term exposure of pigs to infective eggs. The pigs were experimentally inoculated with 25 A. suum eggs/kg/day, and 7, 8, and 8 pigs were ...

He was pregnant with parasites. An Indian man’s condition brought new meaning to the term “stomach bug” after ultrasound photos showed multiple worms squirming about in his belly. The New Delhi native ...

Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part one of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 ...

In the course of a comprehensive study on the population biology of Ascaris suum, it became necessary to determine quantitatively the migration of the larvae (L2) through the pig intestine. Because no ...

The soldier defected earlier this month and was hospitalized with infections. — -- Hospital records from a soldier who defected from North Korea this month offer telling details about health ...

Richard III may have been a blue-blooded royal, but to the roving parasites of the late Middle Ages he was just another piece of tasty human gut. New analysis of the king's remains indicate that ...