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During a lunar eclipse, the moon gets its red coloration because any sunlight ... name may date back to writings from the 1760s about worms, or beetle larvae, coming out from bark as trees thaw ...

Babesia parasites invade and destroy red blood cells. This severely limits the ability of these cells to supply tissues with oxygen. While more than 100 species of Babesia parasites have been ...

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...

Further tests confirmed that the woman was infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic worm often contracted from eating undercooked seafood. The worms caused eosinophilic meningitis ...

The first full moon of March is also called the Worm Moon, a name it has carried since the 1760s when Captain Jonathan Carver visited with the Dakota and other Native American tribes who use the ...

The parasites known to cause babesiosis are shown here infecting red blood cells under the microscope. (Image credit: Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor via Getty Images) Typical symptoms of ...