1 Billion People Are Infected With Parasitic Worms Like Robert F. Kennedy Jr; How Did This Happen?

Medicine & Technology May 10, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. experienced memory loss after a worm ate a portion of his brain. Continue reading to know the full story.

World’s First Tapeworm Fossil Discovered in an Amber Suggests That Parasite Has Been Upsetting Guts for at Least 99 Million Years

Apr 05, 2024

A tapeworm body fossil discovered in a Kachin amber in Myanmar suggests that this endoparasitic marine species have been wreaking havoc on intestine since the mid-Cretaceous. Continue reading the article to learn more.

First-Ever Tapeworm Fossil Found in Kachin Amber in Myanmar [Study]

Apr 01, 2024

Researchers led by China discovered the fossils of the first-ever tapeworms preserved in a Kachin Amber. Continue reading to learn more.

Not A Brain Tumor But A Tapeworm

Jun 12, 2019

Doctors were initially convinced that it was a tumor on her left lobe which caused her symptoms. Only when her skull was opened did they find the real culprit.

A Indian Teen Dies of Tapeworm Egg Infestation in Brain

Mar 29, 2019

An 18-year-old who complained of seizures in the emergency room of an Indian hospital turned out to have parasites in his brain, according to a case study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.