Known medically as cutaneous larva migrans — a snake-like skin infection caused by hookworm larvae, baby worms that haven’t yet developed into adults — when larvae move under the skin ...

When a human steps on, sits on or touches that soil, the larva can burrow into the skin or can ingest them. They are not mature enough to penetrate into other regions of the body, and stay in ...

The order of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, directing the removal of a cartoon featuring the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, from a Tamil magazine’s website, is unwarranted and may ...

Kieran Culkin left his wife, Jazz Charton, open-mouthed in shock when he announced on stage at the Oscars that he wanted not one, but two more children. The actor won his first-ever Academy Award ...

A woman has criticised her cousin for giving her son a name that she believes could be easily mistaken for a children's 'cartoon character'. She argues that the name is particularly unfair when ...