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The Type Of Fish That Restaurant Workers Rarely Order, According To Reddit

People can be particularly picky when it comes to fish, but even restaurant workers don't want to eat one type. Find out ...
Labroots

Second Most Common Malaria Parasite is an Underappreciated Threat

Malaria is the most common infectious disease in the world, and infected over 225 million people in 2019 according to the World Health Organization. A majority of cases occur in a handful of countries ...
Connecticut Post

A common parasite can decapitate human sperm − with implications for male fertility

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) More than 1,200 Bridgeport high school seniors celebrated graduation Friday during a ...
Inverse

This Common Parasite May Hold The Secret To Curing Troubling Brain Diseases

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. However, researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. As a ...
Fast Company

Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite, could someday deliver drugs to the brain

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. A new study ...
Phys.org

Wolves infected with a common parasite may be much more likely to become pack leaders (Update)

A team of researchers with the Yellowstone Wolf Project at the Yellowstone Center for Resources, in Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, has found that wolves in the park who become infected with ...
Medical Xpress

Toxoplasma is a common parasite that causes birth defects—but the US doesn't screen for it during pregnancy

Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a ...
Forbes

Bighorn Sheep Abortions Caused By A Common Parasite In Cats

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) with Mount Wilbur in the background. Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. (Credit: Kim Keating, USGS / CC BY 3.0) It was previously known that the parasite causes ...
Houston Chronicle

A common parasite can decapitate human sperm − with implications for male fertility

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) I am a microbiologist, and my lab studies Toxoplasma. This new study bolsters emerging ...