Experts warn that sleeping with your cat may increase the risk of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can infect humans without ...

Toxoplasmosis in cats is a widespread disease that can also be transmitted to humans. Pregnant women, in particular, should take precautions to avoid infection. Photo: Getty Images Toxoplasmosis is ...

Rob Brooks receives funding from the Australian Research Council. I should admit straight up that I’m no fan of cats. Like any zoologist I treasure the rare glimpses I have had of lions, leopards, ...

Q: My fiance and I adopted a cat, and his mother is insisting that we must give it back. She says you can get toxoplasmosis from having a cat in the house, and if I get pregnant, I’ll give it to the ...

With cats both cute and grumpy ruling the Internet and with cat ownership at a solid 47 million American households, it's no wonder that a study suggesting cat ownership might contribute to mental ...

We are in the 21st century, but many human medical doctors are under-informed and overprotective of pregnant women and the handling of their cats. I believe that any woman considering pregnancy should ...

Infection with the toxoplasma parasite makes mice fearless in the presence of cats -- to their regret. But how does the protozoan do that? Scientists looked at the effects of three common strains of ...

A recent study in the journal EcoHealth connects white-tailed deer and free-roaming cats to the disease toxoplasmosis. In an email, lead author Gregory Ballash of Ohio State University’s Department of ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control.

The woman called with a bittersweet announcement. The good news: She was pregnant. The bad news: She was returning the kitten she had bought from Joan Bernstein, who breeds Tonkinese cats in Center ...

What if I told you that there is a good chance you are carrying a parasite that is transmitted through cat poo? Two billion people around the world carry Toxoplasma gondii so there may be more than a ...