Many people sleep with their dogs on their beds. But where do we draw the line? Can cohabiting dogs be a health risk? For the ...

A pregnant woman in Tunisia was found with a giant tapeworm cyst. Experts urge caution around dogs, warning against face ...

A rare case in Tunisia highlights the danger of letting dogs lick faces, potentially transmitting the Echinococcus granulosus ...

Image via Shutterstock A veterinarian is warning against one common habit that you may let your dog do. Many pet owners see ...

“Humans are not infected by the adult tapeworms within the dog, but instead ingest Echinococcus eggs passed in dog feces by ...

The issue of dog feces littering the ground might seem like a minor inconvenience to some, but its implications reach far deeper, impacting health, the environment and even the economy.

Story continues below this ad “Duggal was roaming around the corridor to make his dog poop at my brother’s door. When he confronted him, he started abusing him,” Manoj Aggarwal, the victim’s brother, ...

Humans can be exposed to these eggs by ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes, such as herbs, greens, or berries, or by petting dogs or cats who have the tapeworm and then touching ...

Accidentally ingesting tapeworm eggs often through contaminated ... or coyotes, or their stool, or household dogs and cats that have the opportunity to eat wild rodents infected with AE'.

No matter how bad things might seem, at least you haven't accidentally eaten fox poop and developed an insidious tapeworm ...