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The Agriculture Department said last month that it would reopen ports along the southern border to Mexican cattle that had been shut out because of concerns about spreading a flesh-eating parasite called New World screwworm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

These include threats to animal health, including the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

And Taylor Farms would certainly top the list for anyone glued to a toilet bowl lately, thanks to the company’s alleged indiscretion handling lettuce laced with the “explosive diarrhea” parasite.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

So are emergency department visits for diarrhea, a common symptom of cyclosporiasis, the gastrointestinal illness caused by the parasite.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

My forehead had become host to an alien parasite: the biggest pimple I’d ever had in my entire life.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Handling wild game can pose food-safety risks: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that raw or undercooked wild game, including bear meat, can carry trichinella parasites, which cause trichinellosis.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

A lab tests the mosquitoes for parasites and viruses.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Marine biologists and fisheries scientists believe human influence is the main cause - impact on climate; hydropower systems that eels have to migrate through; pollution and contamination; introduction of exotic parasites; and overfishing.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Cyclospora parasites often become entrapped in produce through contaminated water used to grow or wash it, so areas that come into contact with water are more likely to be affected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Cooking killed germs and parasites that infested food.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari