A Brain-Invading Worm Spread By Rats and Snails Has Reached California

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

Slug-Eating Snake Seen Feasting on Invasive Carrier of Rat Lungworm

A Terrestrial snail sucker, a snake common to South America, has been caught feasting on an invasive bean slug in a car park in Mexico. This finding could lead to new methods of control for this ...
WFTV

Scientists warn that parasitic brain worm is being seen in the Southeast US

Scientists are warning that a parasitic brain worm that can be ingested through contaminated produce has been found in states around the Southeast. Rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Brain-eating rat lungworm disease has now invaded California

A parasitic worm capable of infecting the human brain has established local transmission in California for the first time, based on new evidence published by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Brain-eating parasite found in SoCal for the first time. What you should know

Researchers said the parasite is "an emerging veterinary and public health concern." ...
AOL

The neuro disease rat lungworm has reached California

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasite found in rats. It is also called rat lungworm. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) A disease that can cause neurological illness and meningitis in ...