Most parents know that moment of dread – your child is scratching furiously in the middle of the night, pulling at their ...

When parents first notice their kids have a pinworm infection, they usually flip. “It freaks parents out,” says Dr. Kristin Bencik-Boudreau, a pediatrician at Bayshore Pediatrics, a primary care ...

Enterobius vermicularis, commonly known as the pinworm, is a helminth infection that predominantly affects children worldwide. The parasite is highly contagious and is most frequently transmitted in ...

Q. Is it OK to give worm medicine to children if you only suspect worms but don’t have evidence of it? When my kids complain of a tickly-like sensation on their rectal area, I deworm my family and dog ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Duval County mother said her son contracted pinworms at New Berlin Elementary School, adding that the first grader came home with the infection at the end of September, leading ...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A Clay County mother is calling for accountability from her child’s school after her daughter contracted pinworm infections twice within two months. Alisha Monroe, a parent of a ...