AUSTIN, Texas -- Doctors say it's a miracle after an Austin man successfully had a tapeworm removed from his brain. KXAN reports doctors think the man contracted the parasite in Mexico more than a ...

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According to a new study, fox tapeworm infections are on the rise in Europe. Specifically, this is a dangerous infection that can go unnoticed for years and, if untreated, is almost always fatal to ...

A habit of eating undercooked bacon and poor hygiene lead to a nasty discovery. A Florida man suffering from persistent migraines was found to have festering tapeworm eggs in his brain, according to a ...

A rare illness in Belgium that affected nine people was likely spread after the initial patient ate pork while abroad several years earlier. Human cysticercosis results from ingesting Taenia solium ...