had been infected with a parasite called Cryptosporidium. Hard to kill, the parasite colonizes the digestive tract and is typically a death sentence for reptiles. A veterinarian had recommended ...

Almost a fifth of pre-washed vegetables on supermarket shelves in the UK could contain a parasite found in contaminated faeces, a study suggests. Scientists found traces of cryptosporidium, the ...

In September 2023, the 2,300 residents of Cappamore were issued with a boil notice after Uisce Éirean detected ...

The Department of Health is warning people who have had diarrhoea not to enter any swimming pool, water spray park or other aquatic facility for at ...

WA Health has recorded a “significant increase” in cryptosporidiosis, an illness caused by a microscopic parasite called ...

A suspected outbreak of cryptosporidium in Brixham is claimed to have left hundreds of people struggling with unpleasant symptoms which include profuse watery diarrhoea, stomach pains, nausea or ...

Symptoms, the UKHSA said, include severe watery diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach cramps, nausea, fever, and loss of appetite. The ...

A community in Co Limerick is appealing to Uisce Éireann to rectify, as a matter of urgency, issues that have led to a ...

The boss of South West Water's owner revealed that she got a pay rise following the "devastating" parasite outbreak last year. The chief executive of Pennon, Susan Davy, has apologised after hundreds ...

Exmouth MP David Reed has criticised South West Water’s boss Susan Davy for failing to talk to the media during incidents such as ...