Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...

“It was too much.” Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm, which can cause a range of uncomfortable symptoms ...

A modular worm robot and jellyfish demonstrate the benefits of "embodied energy" -- an approach that incorporates power sources into the body of a machine, to reduce its weight and cost.

Loa loa, commonly known as the African eye worm, is a filarial parasite transmitted by the bite of infected flies, primarily found in Central and West Africa. This infection has been historically ...

In May 2010, Ghana reported its last case of Guinea worm disease and announced it had stopped transmission a year later. The Carter Center / L. Gubb About a year after Jimmy Carter left the White ...

A researcher from the CERMEL Sindara station en route to set up flytraps on the banks of the Ngounie River - Nyani Quarmyne/Nyani Quarmyne ...

Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are caused by four species of parasitic worms (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus ...

Financial services companies have welcomed moves to fix delays in processing letters of authority. Speaking after Pension Lab launched its LOA performance index last month, Lang cat managing ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally ...

A woman from China began to feel a strong itch in her eyes. As she scratched it, a live worm fell out. This was a horrifying sight for the Chinese woman, who in a panic immediately headed to the ER.

Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms that sometimes live in the human colon and rectum. They're also called threadworms. They're about 1/4- to 1/2-inch long — about the size of a staple.