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Parasite

Flesh-eating parasite detected in Texas cattle

  • Jun 4
Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP

What to know about New World screwworm after human case detected

  • Aug 27, 2025
Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP

1st human flesh-eating parasite case found in US

  • Aug 25, 2025
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, CDC via CNN Newsource

Family sick after eating black bear meat with parasitic worms

  • May 29, 2024

RFK Jr. claims doctor said parasite 'ate' part of his brain

  • May 9, 2024

Giant African land snails send south FL neighborhoods into quarantine

  • Jun 21, 2023

Boy dies of rare brain-eating parasite after visit to Lake Mead

  • Oct 21, 2022

Giant snails pose health risk to humans, force FL county to quarantine

  • Jul 3, 2022

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Giant snails pose health risk to humans, force Florida county to quarantine

  • Jul 3, 2022
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Consumer Reports: Pool parasites

  • Jul 20, 2018
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Over 100 sickened after Evanston Golf Club event

  • Jul 19, 2018
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Food borne illness linked to McDonald's salads

  • Jul 13, 2018

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East Texas Zoo & Gator Park

Azizi, April the Giraffe's youngest baby calf, unexpectedly dies at Texas zoo

"Absolutely devastating": April the Giraffe's 19-month-old calf, Azizi, unexpectedly passed away after receiving treatment for a parasitic issue.

  • Oct 29, 2020
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President Trump bashes Oscars Best Picture 'Parasite,' studio claps back

President Donald Trump is apparently not a fan of the Oscar-winning film "Parasite," or so he told the crowd at a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday.

  • Feb 21, 2020
Neon via AP

Foreign language film 'Parasite' poised to make history at the Oscars

The film is nominated for six Oscars and is the first South Korean film to be nominated for Best Picture, and if it wins, it would be the first foreign language film to take home the top prize.

  • Feb 6, 2020

Austin man has tapeworm removed after over a decade in his brain

Doctors think he got it in Mexico more than a decade ago after eating undercooked pork.

  • Jan 26, 2020
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CDC issues warning on fecal parasite in swimming pools

Patients who become ill with the parasite experience diarrhea for weeks along with pain in the abdomen and a low-grade fever.

  • Jul 1, 2019