Scientists at UMass Medical School in Worcester, Mass., and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have sequenced the genome of a hookworm that has been known to infect humans. The findings may help ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. There are more parasites than any other organism on Earth—which is one of the reasons Emmitt Jolly finds ...

People are buying parasites in an attempt to treat asthma, allergies and more. July 20, 2009— -- Everybody has a dream, even if it's as odd as wishing more people in the modern world had ...

Up to two billion people globally are infected with soil-transmitted parasitic worms (helminths). Hookworms are a major cause of iron deficiency anemia because they feed on blood in the intestine.

Dear Doctor: I read a terrible story about a couple who went to the Caribbean and got hookworms by going barefoot. Is that only possible in the tropics, or should I be worried here in the United ...

Hookworm, a chronic infection that causes anemia and malnutrition, was once a problem in the U.S. Now, it's a disease of the world's poorest. A... In Brazil, a New Effort to Wipe Out Hookworm The ...

Plagued by uncomfortable stomach cramps, diarrhoea or bloating? Do certain foods prompt an emergency dash to the loo? Gut ...