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

Rat lungworm, a dangerous parasite, has been detected in San Diego County wildlife, according to the CDC, marking its first presence in the western U.S.

During a family reunion in South Dakota, six people were infected with trichinellosis after eating undercooked bear meat. Alex254/Wirestock Creators - stock.adobe.com One family suffered a grizzly ...

U.S. health authorities have confirmed the country’s first human infection involving the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite. The case was identified on August 4 in Maryland in a patient who ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some family members from South Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona were infected with brain worms, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released ...

TAMPA, Florida -- It's like something out of a science-fiction movie -- a brain-eating parasitic worm living in your eye. But for one Florida man, it was reality. ***Warning: This story contains ...