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

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Grisly new book reveals what zombie insects can teach us

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

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Intestinal parasites may reduce covid-19 vaccine effectiveness

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

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AI can spot parasites in stool samples to help diagnose infections

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

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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

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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-extending parasite makes ants live at least three times longer

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

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City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

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Parasite from cat faeces killed four sea otters in California

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