Parasite

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African Tick Smuggles Itself Into US Inside Scientist’s Nose!

Shel Silverstein once had a poem about a snail that lived in your nose and would bite your finger off. Maybe he was inspired by something that’s been going on in Africa that nobody’s ever paid much attention to…until now… A US pathobiologic

Africa / Bug / Chimpanzee

Eat Raw Crayfish, Get Incredibly Rare Parasitic Worm

First the never ending oil slick and now a rare parasitic lung worm has been linked to raw crayfish. Will America ever regain trust in cajon cuisine? These particular infections were all linked to folks consuming the shellfish from the rive

Parasite