Parasitic brain infections may be the subject of many a horror flick, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says this was his reality ...

A microscopic parasite quietly infects the brains of millions worldwide. Known scientifically as Toxoplasma gondii, this tiny invader silently alters brain function without obvious symptoms. Beneath ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. _Toxoplasma_ is often transmitted to people from contaminated food or cat feces. Dr_Microbe/iStock via Getty Images Plus Parasites ...

A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS Pathogens how a microscopic parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can significantly disrupt brain function ...

Could a viral infection you experience today cause mental health disorders for generations of your descendants? Absolutely.

Tajie Harris, PhD, is the director of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG Center) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The parasite that may already live in your brain can ...

The human body works hard to prevent outside substances from entering the brain — which makes it a challenge to get drugs into the brain to treat neurological diseases. A study published today in ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control. The parasite, ...