Por: Newsweek Tech September 25, 2023
A parasitic brain worm that can be ingested through contaminated produce is making its way across southeastern America, scientists have warned.Rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is an invasive parasite that is spread through eating contaminated food, including fresh produce and escargots. It is typically found in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii, but has more recently been identified in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA World August 30, 2023
This worm was removed from the brain of a woman experiencing mystery symptoms in Australia. Canberra Health Services via Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm... + más
Jimmy Carter's final foe: A parasitic worm that preyed on millions in Africa and Asia | Los Angeles Times
Neurosurgeon investigating patient's mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman's brain in Australia | ABC News
New York Post USA Life August 29, 2023
Your nightmare this evening comes to you from Australia, where a woman kept returning to the hospital for a range of symptoms — until doctors found a worm living in her brain. Since 2021, doctors had been treating the 64-year-old woman with steroids and other drugs for... + más
Working wonders with worms: Louisiana's Taylor Lyons uses nature to recycle | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Entertainment July 05, 2023
Being known as the worm lady could, under some circumstances, be a cause for concern. But for Lafayette's Taylor Lyons, it's a badge of honor.Lyons is the driving force behind Worm Lady Recycles, a recycling facility and program that uses worms, with help from flies,... + más
Fiancée of slain reporter speaks out on decision to have his child via IVF | ABC News
Healthy Mayfield 'rolling with the punches' as QB2 | ESPN
Los Angeles Times USA Politics February 27, 2023
Just a few hours before President Carter underwent his first radiation treatment for brain cancer, he spoke of his hope, in the time he had left, to purge the world of a parasitic worm disease. That was in 2015. “I’d like the last Guinea worm to die before I do,” the 39th... + más
Jimmy Carter's legacy includes near-eradication of a debilitating parasitic disease | ABC7
Guinea worm eradication effort enters ‘most difficult’ phase | Associated Press
ABC7 USA Politics February 23, 2023
The 98-year-old is in hospice care and choosing to spend his remaining days at home with his family, his foundation announced Saturday -- but over the course of his life, Carter has almost brought an end to a destructive parasite that has plagued humans for thousands of... + más
Guinea worm eradication effort enters ‘most difficult’ phase | WPLG Local 10
Associated Press USA Health January 25, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) — The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.After decades of progress, the eradication program’s director cautioned the end phase of the global effort to eradicate the parasitic disease will... + más
Guinea junta agrees with bloc to hold vote in early 2025 | ABC News
WPLG Local 10 USA Health January 25, 2023
ATLANTA – The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.After decades of progress, the eradication program’s director cautioned the end phase of the global effort to eradicate the parasitic disease will be... + más
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