Better well done than wormy! A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded in the muscle of a human body shows the dangers a person can face if they consume undercooked pork. Emergency room ...

FOX NEWS - A 43-year-old man in China who was suffering from seizures and loss of consciousness went to the doctor after his symptoms persisted for several weeks, only to discover that he had hundreds ...

The complete nucleotide sequence of the tapeworm Taenia solium mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been determined. The sequence is 13,709 base pairs in length and contains 36 genes (12 for proteins ...

Health officials in a Belgian city have identified the source of pork tapeworm infections at a school. Department Zorg said that after an extensive search, the person behind the infections at Het ...

A Florida man suffering from persistent migraines was in for what was likely a nasty shock when he sought medical treatment and learned what was causing the pain. Festering tapeworm eggs were ...

A man in the U.S. developed a parasitic infection in his brain after regularly consuming undercooked bacon, according to a case study published March 7 in the American Journal of Case Reports. The ...