Austin has had a few cryptosporidiosis cases this year. How to avoid this parasite that often gets picked up while swimming.

A recent retrospective study published in the Indian Journal of Nephrology in April 2026 reveals that Cryptosporidium drives ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected intestinal cells, altering the gut environment and enabling the parasite to ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated that heparin, a type of sulfated polysaccharide, inhibits infection with ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that a common dietary supplement could protect against chronic Cryptosporidium infections which are particularly prevalent in children under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A microscopic parasite, cryptosporidium can be hard to avoid. Being infected by the bug leads to an illness called ...

There are thousands of cases of cryptosporidium across England every year but the health authorities say infections from the drinking water supply are "very rare". In May 2024 an outbreak in and ...

Cryptosporidium (crip-toe-spor-ID-ee-um) is a protozoan, a single-celled parasite that lives in the intestines of animals and people. This microscopic pathogen causes a disease called ...

In a report, "Preliminary investigation of a significant national Cryptosporidium exceedance in the United Kingdom, August 2023 and ongoing," published in Eurosurvailence, Europe's journal on ...

Cryptosporidium is resistant to chlorine, meaning it can survive in swimming pools, hot tubs and splash pads if additional precautions are not taken.

A Cryptosporidium outbreak in Sweden in late 2023 was found to be caused by contaminated kale mixed salad from salad bars in grocery stores. The outbreak was caused by a previously undetected ...