SAN DIEGO — Brain-eating worms known as "rat lungworm" have been found in San Diego County, the first time the parasitic worms have been found in any state west of Texas. According to new research ...

A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a.k.a. the rat lungworm, is now ...

A disease that can cause neurological illness and meningitis in people, rat lungworm, has been found in wild opposums, rats and a zoo animal in San Diego County, indicating its establishment in ...

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 ...