Experts believe the worm found in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was Taenia solium, or a pork tapeworm larva. The worm’s larval cysts could cause a parasitic infection in the brain called neurocysticercosis, ...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that doctors once believed he had a dead parasite in his brain, The New York Times reported Wednesday, a fairly rare condition in the ...

Health officials in a Belgian city have identified the source of pork tapeworm infections at a school. Department Zorg said that after an extensive search, the person behind the infections at Het ...

A rare illness in Belgium that affected nine people was likely spread after the initial patient ate pork while abroad several years earlier. Human cysticercosis results from ingesting Taenia solium ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The cause of a man’s weekly migraines initially baffled doctors who found his vitals were “unremarkable,” routine lab tests normal, and was negative for any ...

A viral YouTube video has been making the rounds that encourages people to pour Coca-Cola or Pepsi on their uncooked pork to rid it of worms or other parasites. While social media is a treasure trove ...

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that he was diagnosed with mercury poisoning around the same time doctors discovered a parasitic worm in his brain, adding to questions about ...

A CT scan of a 52-year-old man's brain, who complained of worsening medication-resistant migraines over a period of four months, revealed the presence of tapeworm larvae-filled cysts—an illness ...

Doctors discovered tapeworm eggs in the brain of a Florida man who liked to eat “undercooked pork” Getty; American Journal of Case Reports Doctors discovered tapeworm eggs in the brain of a Florida ...

Earlier today, The New York Times broke some startling news about a presidential candidate. According to a 2012 deposition, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once suffered from, in his own words, “a worm that got ...