“That was like eating ... worm medication quickly to avoid potentially life-changing or deadly consequences. Rat lungworms ...

Doctors initially suspected she had a brain-swelling condition called meningitis, given her fever, confusion, and neck stiffness ... a parasitic worm often contracted from eating undercooked ...

A WOMAN almost died after eating seafood contaminated with worms that burrowed in her brain ... confusion, and neck stiffness. They ordered an MRI scan, which revealed multiple brain lesions ...

Biologists are racing to study ocean ecosystems before they're gone It's not clear when the sponges will run out of dead worms to eat, but Boetius thinks their numbers will drop drastically once ...