Health experts used to say elimination of river blindness, caused by worms, was impossible. Now they've set a target date: 2025. Why the turn in this worm war?

Worms. Who knew that worms could create such a discussion when they suddenly appeared in the St. Johns River last month. But that was the case a few weeks ago when my friend Jeff Lageman, former ...

River blindness, a devastating tropical disease that affects 18 million people in Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and Latin America, is caused by parasitic worms that burrow into the skin and ...

Guinea worm disease Cases of this parasitic infection caused by drinking water with fleas contaminated by Guinea worm larvae plummeted from 1,060 in 2011 to 26 reported cases so far this year.

University of Liverpool. (2012, August 22). Scientists reveal how river blindness worm thrives. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 08 / 120822181350.htm ...

There is no vaccine for river blindness, but there is a drug, called ivermectin that paralyzes and kills the offspring of adult worms, according to the Mayo Clinic.

The Lagarfljot river worm is well known in Icelandic folklore, first mentioned in 1345. Legend has it that the worm had first been a small heather worm that was put onto a golden ring.

Scientists have discovered dog-killing worms in Southern California for the first time. A team at the University of California Riverside (UCR) found Heterobilharzia americana, a flatworm commonly ...

The river worm is on the Tongazi River and will be monitored and cleaned by the NPO three times a week. November 2, 2019 ...