It does not make them sick, but their feces can carry the parasite’s eggs. The two cases of the disease, also known as ...

According to a press release from the CDC, black bears are common hosts for the roundworm parasite Trichinella, which when consumed by humans could cause fever, myalgia, and facial swelling.

The worm was some 8 centimeters long and is a roundworm most commonly seen in ... Bandi and a team of specialists found and removed the parasite with forceps during a biopsy.

Caused by a roundworm parasite, it can have debilitating effects on a person’s brain and spinal cord. It spreads when rodents pass larvae of the worm in their feces, which are then eaten by ...

Trichinellosis occurs when people eat undercooked or raw meat harboring dormant roundworm larvae ... degrees Fahrenheit is necessary to kill the parasite, the CDC said. Of the 34 people surveyed ...

"You get the infection by eating the immature form of the roundworm (larvae) in raw or undercooked meat." Of the 35 attendees at the gathering, 22 reported eating undercooked bear meat — while ...

It's not science fiction. It might sound like something out of a horror movie plot (because it sort of is), but the tongue-replacing parasite is very real. The movie imagines mutated parasites ...

Sanjaya Senanayake 0:53 So this is the first documented human infection with this parasite. So you're quite right, we had nothing really to go on. There are certain parasites that are known to ...

You might imagine having a parasitic worm in your gut to be a fairly traumatic experience, but for unwitting roundworm host Theo Blossom ... This means that when you are infected with a parasite, your ...