Rat lungworm, a dangerous parasite, has been detected in San Diego County wildlife, according to the CDC, marking its first presence in the western U.S.

U.S. health authorities have confirmed the country’s first human infection involving the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite. The case was identified on August 4 in Maryland in a patient who ...

A parasitic worm capable of infecting the human brain has established local transmission in California for the first time, ...

TAMPA, Florida -- It's like something out of a science-fiction movie -- a brain-eating parasitic worm living in your eye. But for one Florida man, it was reality. ***Warning: This story contains ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Some family members from South Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona were infected with brain worms, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released ...

(FOX 9) - Several family members, including some from Minnesota, were infected with parasitic worm larvae after sharing a meal with black bear meat, a recent report from the Center for Disease Control ...

Hoards of flesh-eating worms have erupted from the ground in Texas, terrifying local residents. The invasive hammerhead worms — which can grow up to a foot long — came to the surface in the ...

A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the ...