An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.

Tapeworms are intestinal parasites that are shaped similarly to a tape measure. Their eggs typically enter a human host from animals through food, particularly raw or undercooked meat. Tapeworm ...

A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded in the muscle of a human body shows the dangers a person can face if they consume undercooked pork.

From microscopic mites dwelling in our hair follicles to sizable tapeworms inhabiting our intestines, the human body plays ...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A rare tapeworm that had never been found in a person in New Hampshire has now been found in two moose hunters. The state's Health and Human Services Department is alerting ...

A human cannot be infected by consuming the moose meat directly. Exposure comes from interaction with dogs and the spread of the tapeworm eggs from the dog feces.

If pigs graze on vegetation that is contaminated with human feces containing the eggs or larvae (known as cysticerci), these are then taken up into the pig.

A Turning Point USA event at the University of Washington was met with heavy opposition as Riley Gaines and Olivia Krolczyk spoke out against biological men competing in women's sports.

Better well done than wormy! A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded in the muscle of a human body shows the dangers a person can face if they consume undercooked pork. Emergency ...

The Church of the Holy Rosary in Edgewater was vandalized last week by someone who put human feces in the baptismal font, church officials said. The vandalism followed a series of thefts at the ...

A fish tapeworm infection, or diphyllobothriasis, occurs when a person eats raw or undercooked fish that's contaminated with the parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. Find out more about it here ...

Human cysticercosis results from ingesting Taenia solium eggs shed by a tapeworm carrier, forming cystic larvae in tissues. Upon consumption by humans, they develop into a new intestinal tapeworm.