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A Worm That Can Really, Really Get Under Your Skin

New England Journal of Medicine

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A Worm That Can Really, Really Get Under Your Skin

June 21, 2018 • And once it's there, it moves around. And around. There's a new report on the worm out this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Man Pulls 5 1/2-Foot-Long Tapeworm Out Of His Body, Blames Sushi Habit

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Man Pulls 5 1/2-Foot-Long Tapeworm Out Of His Body, Blames Sushi Habit

January 19, 2018 • A recent podcast episode shared, in grisly detail, the story of a California man who discovered a parasitic worm wriggling out of him. He and his doctor suspect raw salmon was the culprit.

Scientists May Have Solved The Mystery Of Nodding Syndrome

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Scientists May Have Solved The Mystery Of Nodding Syndrome

February 15, 2017 • For decades, scientists suspected that the parasite responsible for river blindness might be causing a rare form of epilepsy. Now they have evidence.

Scientists May Have Solved The Mystery Of Nodding Syndrome

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