When Cheryl Kennedy of Chicago went to fill a pinworm prescription for her 4-year-old daughter, she was astounded to learn that four tablets of the drug Albenza cost almost $700—even with insurance.

Although current data on their prevalence are not available, pinworms (Syphacia muris, Syphacia obvelata and Aspiculuris tetraptera) are among the parasites most commonly encountered in laboratory ...

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Children share all kinds of things when they go back to school – books, pencils, stories from summer vacation and, unfortunately, pesky and sometimes dangerous parasites that rely on close contact ...

About pinworms, they are nothing to get overly worried about. This is because they’re surprisingly common and easy to treat too. When Simi awoke a second time complaining that “her whole private area ...

Genetically manipulated strains of mice are essential to the advancement of biomedical research and are the most widely used mammalian animal models. As it is generally accepted that infections of ...

Cross sections of pinworms in patient. The Indiana National Guard continues to monitor soldiers from the 76th Brigade Combat Team after troops conducting annual training in two different states ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Indiana National Guard says test results do not confirm that any soldiers are infected with pinworm. One soldier sent WDRB a picture, saying he believes the rash on his ...