Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tree tunnel in the Puna district of the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island. (Peter Unger/Getty Images) The parasite ...

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 ...

The parasite that causes rat lungworm disease, long associated with Hawaii, was detected in California at the San Diego Zoo, raising concerns that the debilitating illness could become more widespread ...