Brain-eating worms known as 'rat lungworm' have been found in San Diego County, the first time the parasitic worms have been ...

A parasitic worm capable of infecting the human brain has established local transmission in California for the first time, ...

A neurological disease spread by rats and other animals may have become established in San Diego County.

Rat lungworm, a parasite that can infect certain animals and humans and prove fatal, was found in wild opossums, rats and a ...

A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the ...