Cases of an explosive diarrheal parasite continue to skyrocket in Michigan, which is reporting 1,251 cases as of July 9. […]
Category: parasite
Surprised doctors find 10-inch worm in man’s groin during elective surgery
When surgeons dug into a man’s groin to repair a painless bulge, they made the unexpected discovery of a living, […]
Flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says
“When that false information gets out, it causes significant panic,” Rollins said Tuesday, according to the Texas Tribune. “And rightly […]
Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025
A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only […]
Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid
Creeping For anyone enjoying—or at least trying to enjoy—Thanksgiving in America, you can be thankful that these worms are not […]
Screwworms are coming—and they’re just as horrifying as they sound
We’re on the verge of being screwwormed. The biological barrier was breached, they’re slithering toward our border, and the US […]