(NEW YORK) — A report published Friday details a severe case in which a tapeworm infected an 18-year-old Indian boy’s brain, eventually leading to his death two weeks after he was admitted ...

When a young man in India started having seizures, doctors scanned his brain and found a grim image: His brain was dotted with parasitic cysts — the result of a severe and ultimately fatal ...

People most often contract the infection by swallowing tapeworm eggs spread through food, water or – yes – coming into contact with surfaces contaminated by a person's infected feces ...

More generally, the symptoms of neurocysticercosis depend on where in the brain the tapeworm larvae settle. For example, one of the most common presentations, seen in 80 percent of cases, is seizures.

The increased incidents of monsoon-related flooding and the accompanying deterioration in sanitation significantly amplify ...

The infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is called cysticercosis. If the infection reaches your brain, it’s called neurocysticercosis. 16,000 pounds of ground beef recalled ...

A rare case of cysticercosis developed in a man whose habit of eating undercooked bacon likely caused tapeworms.

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 ...

*Doctors in Florida discovered tapeworm eggs within the brain of a man who had been eating undercooked pork. He informed his physicians about his history of consuming soft, undercooked bacon ...