However, parasitic brain “worms” are usually not worms at all, but larvae, enclosed in a small, fluid-filled cyst.

Doctors were initially baffled by the man's condition, wondering how he could have contracted the rare parasite, until he ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a court in 2012 that doctors found a parasite in his brain. There's a one-in-eight chance you might have something similar. I've had one, too.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a parasitic worm ate a portion of his brain and then died. But how do you get a brain worm and does it really eat your brain? We VERIFY.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a parasitic worm ate a portion of his brain and then died. But how do you get a brain worm and does it really eat your brain? We VERIFY.

Doctors discovered tapeworm eggs in the brain of a Florida man who liked to eat “undercooked pork” after he sought treatment for worsening migraines.

AMES, Iowa – Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful method for reducing the damage the parasitic worms cause ...

The young worms wriggle into the lymphatic ducts, migrate to the muscles, and enclose themselves in cysts. One meal of improperly cooked infested pork is enough to start trichinosis.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a parasitic worm ate a portion of his brain and then died. But how do you get a brain worm and does it really eat your brain? We VERIFY.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a parasitic worm ate a portion of his brain and then died. But how do you get a brain worm and does it really eat your brain? We VERIFY.