Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease that you can get from cats, contaminated food, and more. It causes symptoms similar to the flu, such as chills, fever, body aches, fatigue, and headaches. The ...

Experts warn that sleeping with your cat may increase the risk of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can infect humans without ...

Infection with a common parasite can seriously disrupt the brain function of intermediate hosts – potentially including humans – new research has found. Even when the number of neurons affected is ...

Be careful next time you change the kitty litter — cat poop can carry a nefarious parasite that may be much more widespread than thought, researchers say. Cats in the United States release about 2.6 ...

A cat-borne parasite that infects about 40 million people in the United States may cause adults to be more frail as they age, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study. The parasite is ...

Fourteen months ago, I adopted my cat from a local shelter. Following the adoption, I brought the cat to a local animal hospital for a booster vaccine and at that time, I was advised to bring in a ...

Toxoplasmosis, a common parasitic disease that’s transmitted through unwashed vegetables and cat feces, has long been suspected of altering human behavior. Though controversial, some scientists have ...

What if I told you that there is a good chance you are carrying a parasite that is transmitted through cat poo? Two billion people around the world carry Toxoplasma gondii, so there may be more than a ...

Kevin Laferty is a smart, cautious, thoughtful scientist who doesn't hate cats, but he has put forth a provocative theory that suggests that a clever cat parasite may alter human cultures on a massive ...