A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the ...

A neurological disease spread by rats and other animals may have become established in San Diego County.

Residents, gardeners should take precautions to protect against deadly disease transmitted by snails, slugs, and animals that ingest them ...

Researchers said the parasite is "an emerging veterinary and public health concern." ...

A parasitic worm capable of infecting the human brain has established local transmission in California for the first time, ...

The CDC describes rat lungworm as a parasite found in rats, whose larvae are shed in rat feces and then taken up by snails ...

Scientists are warning that a parasitic brain worm that can be ingested through contaminated produce has been found in states around the Southeast. Rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is ...

The apple snail, an invasive species native to South America that can spread rat lungworm and whose eggs contain a rash-causing toxin, has been confirmed to be present in North Carolina. Officials ...