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Health

The truth about ivermectin’s supposed health benefits

Interest in the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic, but evidence for many of its supposed health claims are lacking

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Health

Why Lyme disease and other tick-borne conditions are on the rise

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Life

Grisly new book reveals what zombie insects can teach us

Culture

Life

Screwworm: Why is this flesh-eating parasite making a comeback?

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Health

Intestinal parasites may reduce covid-19 vaccine effectiveness

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Life

Stink bugs grow a fungal garden on their legs to fight parasitic wasps

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Technology

AI can spot parasites in stool samples to help diagnose infections

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Lauren Beukes

Video

Bridge author, Lauren Beukes: There are a lot of multiverses out there

Video

Life

Fossilised reptile poo contains 200-million-year-old parasites

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A small number of people in Florida and Texas have contracted malaria

Health

What we know so far about the malaria cases in Florida and Texas

Five malaria cases have been reported in Florida and Texas, all of which were acquired through local transmission

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Life

Life-extending parasite makes ants live at least three times longer

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Health

We now know how parasitic worms help ward off obesity and diabetes

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Life

City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

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Life

Parasite from cat faeces killed four sea otters in California

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