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Brain-eating rat lungworm disease has now invaded California

A parasitic worm capable of infecting the human brain has established local transmission in California for the first time, ...

A Brain-Invading Worm Spread By Rats and Snails Has Reached California

A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the ...
Politifact

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a worm ate part of his brain. Experts said that’s unlikely.

Experts believe the worm found in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was Taenia solium, or a pork tapeworm larva. The worm’s larval cysts could cause a parasitic infection in the brain called neurocysticercosis, ...
WTVY

Worm found in woman’s brain after she experiences mystery symptoms

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain. Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was ...
CNN

Do you need to cleanse your body of parasites? A doctor explains the social media fad

Lately, social media feeds have been crawling with testimonials about “parasite cleanses” and DIY worm detoxes. Many people may be unknowingly infected, influencers on TikTok and Instagram claim, and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Worm-Inspired Treatments Are Inching Their Way Toward the Clinic

Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are working to turn the findings into therapies Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine A computer illustration ...