The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...

In April of this year, he was admitted to the hospital for treatment of a life-threatening tapeworm that was found in his ...

They sliced into it and found a baby tapeworm. “Of course I was grossed out,” said 42-year-old Palma on Thursday. “I was also relieved. It meant that no further treatment was necessary.” ...

People catch most of them by breathing them in. Experts say the nose is like the front door to the body’s immune defense system. That’s why Iwasaki focuses her research on this area.