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This Man In Florida Had A Tapeworm In His Brain, And It Most Likely Came From His Consumption Of Undercooked Bacon

A 52-year-old man in Florida was living out everyone’s worst nightmare. In April of this year, he was admitted to the hospital for treatment of a life-threatening tapeworm that was found in his brain.
CNN

Doctors identify source of man’s migraines: tapeworm larvae, likely from undercooked bacon, in his brain

A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors believe ...
The Conversation

Tapeworm is spreading in Kenya – demand for meat brings parasite to new areas

Eric Fèvre receives funding from UKRI, the Wellcome Trust, US DTRA and the CGIAR. Laura Falzon and Titus Mutwiri do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...
New York Post

NYC mother becomes suicidal after decade of seizures — until docs find tapeworm eggs in her brain

Doctors at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens discovered a New York mother who endured more than a decade of seizures was suffering from an infestation of tapeworm larvae in her brain. A New ...