Categoria: Infectious disease

Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid

The parasite, typically found in dogs, was visibly moving under her skin.

Elimination status is lost if the virus spreads continuously for 12 months.

SSPE is a rare but always fatal disease that destroys a child’s brain.

The bacterium is known to live in Mississippi, but the new cases may expand its range.