An Auckland woman who had a stillbirth at 31 weeks due to toxoplasmosis is pleading for more awareness about the infection. Most people who get infected with toxoplasmosis do not have any symptoms ...

If you've handled cat litter or eaten raw meat or unwashed produce, there’s a chance you might have a permanent toxoplasmosis ...

Researchers Europe have tested produce for the presence of a parasite with findings showing more information is needed to ...

Toxoplasmosis in animals mirrors infection in humans, which allows researchers to address questions that are not easy to examine in people. Testicular function and sperm production are sharply ...

Toxoplasma gondii is an incredibly pervasive parasite that can infect pretty much any warm-blooded animal, taking up ...

Bacteria linked to cat faeces found in ready-to-eat salad bags, amid an alarming rise in food poisoning outbreaks.

HEALTH warnings have been issued over salad bags due to potentially deadly contamination fears. The popular ready-to-eat ...

Ready-to-eat salads are here to make our lives easier: open the bag, serve, dress... and that's it. But a recent European ...

Toxoplasmosis, carried by cats, killed around 120 of Tasman farmer Lloyd Faulkner’s lambs this year.123rf / Stuff Lloyd Faulkner describes himself as “well and truly out of pocket”. He’s ...

Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their hosts.

Need a mobile home? An incubation chamber? Dinner? Hundreds of species have hit on an elegant solution: find a nice juicy ...