When Dr. Isaac Chikwanha was a kid in Zimbabwe, he got schistosomiasis. At the time, he didn't think about the cause of this parasitic disease: a worm that penetrates your skin and takes up residence ...

Benin on Monday launched a campaign to combat schistosomiasis and intestinal worms, targeting about 1.5 million children aged five to 14 across 11 of the country's 12 departments. According to a ...

The worms that cause schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni) are unusual in several ways, especially the fact that male and female adults must stay paired together throughout their lives for ...

The pills for adults and school-aged kids aren't the right dose for preschoolers. Plus they taste bad. Now there's a new pill for little ones —... A new pill cures preschoolers of a parasitic worm.