Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...

Everybody poops, but only some of that poop fossilizes, turning into coprolites. While ancient droppings may sound gross — after all, who wants to go digging through feces that are centuries or even ...

They zoomed in on Roman poop and found a trio of intestinal miseries: roundworm, whipworm, and Giardia duodenalis. At the Roman fort of Vindolanda, just south of Hadrian’s Wall, the Romans fought the ...

Artificial intelligence can spot parasitic worm eggs in human faecal samples – including those from parasite species missed when lab technologists use a microscope to study the same samples. The ...

Intestinal worms often lead to gastrointestinal symptoms, like diarrhea, because they live in your digestive tract. Other ...