Tag Archives: Parasite

Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park Chan-wook has premiered a “bleakly hilarious” comedy about economic anxiety at the Venice Film Festival, and it could be a huge international hit. In 2019, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite debuted at the Cannes Film Festival to awestruck acclaim, and went onto be an Oscar-winning international hit. No Other Choice could be this year’s equivalent. The …

Trypanosoma parasites, the same which cause sleeping sickness, in the bloodstream – credit, CDC public domain A deadly tropical disease known as sleeping sickness has been eliminated from Kenya in a significant public health triumph. The East African nation is the 10th on the continent to achieve the milestone, but also the most populous to do so. Human African trypanosomiasis …

A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4. Federal health officials acknowledged the infection in an emailed statement Monday. The person has recovered, and …

The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite infestation has been confirmed in the US, authorities say. New World screwworm (NWS) myiasis was found in a patient who returned to the US from El Salvador, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday. The case was confirmed on 4 August. NWS myiasis is a parasitic infestation of fly …

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Sunday reported the first human case in the US of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country. The case, investigated by the Maryland department of health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was confirmed by the CDC as New World screwworm on …

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite new world screwworm has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services said early Monday. The case, related to a person who had recently traveled to El Salvador, was confirmed to be screwworm by the CDC on Aug. 4, HHS spokesman Andrew G. Nixon confirmed to Reuters, …

An animal rescue center in the US has cautioned anyone who might be tempted to try and help squirrels with ‘unusual looking skin lumps’, warning it’s likely the result of a parasite. Just days after rabbits with so-called ‘tentacles’ growing out of their heads were spotted in the US, Americans have to prepare for another sight: swollen squirrels. We’re not …

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging the American cattle industry. Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture hopes to be producing and releasing sterile male New World screwworm …

New research, published in The Journal of Immunology, discovered that a parasitic worm suppresses neurons in the skin to evade detection. The researchers suggest that the worm likely evolved this mechanism to enhance its own survival, and that the discovery of the molecules responsible for the suppression could aid in the development of new painkillers. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection …

“I’m on fire,” Glanville said in a video shocking her followers on social media — as some wonder whether the footage was really a joke. Brandi Glanville is warning fans after allegedly trying Nair hair removal on her face. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum took to TikTok on Sunday to share a graphic video appearing to show her …