People may become infected when they eat unwashed produce hiding the mollusks. Home-growing food and keeping pets also raises the risk.

MAUI, Hawaii -- The Hawaii State Department of Health has confirmed six cases of rat lungworm disease on the island of Maui and three cases on the Big Island over the past three months, an official ...

Hawaii health officials have confirmed three new cases of rat lungworm disease, including one in a visitor who contracted the parasite after eating a slug on a dare. All of the newly identified cases ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a case of rat lungworm disease in an individual on the island of Kauai. Rat lungworm disease, a parasitic disease also known as neuroangiostrongyliasis, ...

A tingling sensation in your feet is usually the result of poor blood circulation. But every so often, it’s an indicator of a much more nightmarish scenario: parasites setting up shop in your brain ...

Awareness is key in preventing and treating rat lungworm, the prevalent and serious disease often found in East Hawaii residents. About 30 people attended the meeting at HPP’s community center to ...

It starts with a headache. Symptoms sometimes resemble the flu, with nausea, coughing and a fever. But it’s actually extremely small roundworm parasites traveling inside the stomach. By the time ...

Hawaiian tourists are being warned against eating raw food while visiting the tropical state, deemed the “epicenter” of a nasty brain parasitic disease. Neuroangiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm ...