ACCIDENTAL HOST—The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease reveals the frightening spread of a foodborne parasite that invades human brains and now thrives in tropical areas of five continents ...

Rat lungworm disease typically infects humans after they eat raw fruits and vegetables contaminated by slugs carrying the small parasitic roundworms. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo A ...

What started as an innocent dare ended up being a tragic story for a 19-year-old who was left paralysed for eight years. Look ...

Read full article: Invasive worm spotted in San Antonio area could carry rat lungworm parasite SAN ANTONIO – An invasive flatworm has made its way into Texas and has been found throughout the ...