Read more parasites stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/252/parasites.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:57:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/55859/better-pork-carries-big-health-risks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFree-range pork sounds better for everyone involved, especially the pig. But exposure to the outdoors means exposure to dangerous pathogens, from salmonella to toxoplasmosis to the deadly parasite trichinosis, writes James McWilliams for the New York Times . "Free range is like piggy day care, a thoughtfully arranged system designed to...http://www.newser.com/story/55859/better-pork-carries-big-health-risks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 9:33:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50741/pay-for-soup-enjoy-insects-mold-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you're eating, stop reading now: The FDA's rules on foreign matter in food products are a veritable entomology lesson. Maggots, fly eggs, rodent droppings, grit, mold, burlap, cigarette butts, and parasites are all OK with the agency in limited quantities, writes EJ Levy in the New York Tim es...http://www.newser.com/story/50741/pay-for-soup-enjoy-insects-mold-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 13:33:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28551/scientists-building-better-bug-spray.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResearchers have found bug repellents that keep mosquitoes from biting for up to 73 days, WebMD reports. Compounds found in pepper kept bugs away nearly three times as long as industry leader DEET, which manages just 17.5 days under the same conditions—though a normal human would sweat or...http://www.newser.com/story/28551/scientists-building-better-bug-spray.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 May 2008 15:20:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/15044/new-approach-targets-tough-parasitic-illness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new way to test for Chagas disease offers hope for combating the insect-borne ailment, which can otherwise go unnoticed for years, Reuters reports. The new method involves screening children in small areas where exterminators find the most disease-carrying bugs instead of having to test bigger populations. The disease infects...http://www.newser.com/story/15044/new-approach-targets-tough-parasitic-illness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Dec 2007 13:15:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11269/bigfoot-sighting-revealed-to-be-big-mistake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Pennsylvania hunter's footage of a "juvenile Sasquatch" has been discredited after officials said the star of the show was actually an unhealthy bear. Same deal for a Texas rancher who claimed to have captured a chupacabra, the legendary Mexican goat-killer, but had in fact only bagged a coyote. Why...http://www.newser.com/story/11269/bigfoot-sighting-revealed-to-be-big-mistake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Nov 2007 18:36:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/716/modified-mosquitoes-could-fight-the-spread-of-malaria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGenetically modified mosquitoes that cannot pass on malaria may help reduce the spread of the disease that now causes a million deaths a year, mostly children. A new study shows that the lab-designed bugs could out-breed their natural competition, eventually driving them out altogether and eliminating the route through which...http://www.newser.com/story/716/modified-mosquitoes-could-fight-the-spread-of-malaria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Mar 2007 8:06:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/641/is-your-cat-making-you-neurotic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA parasite that reproduces in cats, previously linked to schizophrenia in infected humans, has now, bizarrely, been implicated in mass personality changes in geographic areas where incidence of infection is high. A U.S. Geological Survey study of 39 countries shows that high infection rates of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite...http://www.newser.com/story/641/is-your-cat-making-you-neurotic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Mar 2007 15:29:21 CDT