Opinion
“Tropical parasites in our food? No way!” most Americans think.
It’s time to think again.
In May Hawaii’s Department of Health announced three more cases of rat lungworm in recent visitors. Already endemic in
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Parasites continue to cause rat lungworm infections in Hawaii
A parasitic worm that causes serious infections, especially via foods and beverages, has sickened at least three mainland visitors to Hawaii’s Big Island, according to state officials.
Hawaii’s health department director has released information provided
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Rat lungworm cases linked to eating centipedes; host snails increasing in US
A foodborne parasite detected in two patients in a Chinese hospital has been traced to consumption of raw wild centipedes, according to a case report by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Researchers
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Hawaii reports first confirmed rat lungworm case of 2018
The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed the first case of rat lungworm disease in the state this year in an adult resident of West Hawaii on Hawaii Island.
The individual became seriously ill earlier
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‘Free’ trip leaves man in expensive, lifelong, parasitic nightmare
Ron and Darlene Fields had been married for 26
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Poisoned in paradise: Rat lungworm nightmare in Hawaii
Whether state officials have downplayed the danger of rat lungworm parasites, the fact remains that Hawaii is in the midst of an outbreak that has given at least three people from the mainland lasting impressions
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Rat lungworm cases spike on two Islands, Maui and Big Island
Hawaii is experiencing an uptick in rat lungworm disease. Six confirmed cases on Maui and another three confirmed cases on the Big Island were reported over the last three months with no deaths. That’s about
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Minnesotan Recovering from Rat Lungworm Disease
A Watertown, MN man will make a full recovery from paralyzing rat lungworm disease acquired during his visit to Hawaii’s Big Island last November and December, his doctors now say.
Eric Reinert, 22, visited the
Hawaii Concerned About Rat Lungworm
In paradise, they still have to worry about rat lungworm.
Hawaii’s top experts on the debilitating infection gathered last week at the University of Hawaii-Hilo’s College of Pharmacy out of growing concern about rat
Hawaii Might Ditch New Food Safety Law
Diarrhea — let alone something called rat lungworm nematode — can ruin any vacation, so the last thing the tourist industry needs is an association with the risk of foodborne illness.
But would a move
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