A shocking new study shows that 90% of freshwater fish in Southern California may be carrying parasites that can infect ...

A fish tapeworm infection, or diphyllobothriasis, occurs when a person eats raw or undercooked fish that's contaminated with the parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. Find out more about it here.

A Redditor posted to the r/Wellthatsucks subreddit after discovering a worm in the last bites of their halibut, and Redditors ...

A stained proglottid segment from the fish tapeworm showing the uterus. Image: CDC. Click for source. Scandinavians have a similarly constructed dish, fish balls or “fiskeboller”, though it is ...

Researchers want the parasite to be added to the diseases that public health officials are required to report. Researchers ...

More than 90% of popular freshwater fish in Southern California are carrying human-infecting parasites, researchers say. This poses a significant danger for those who like to eat freshly caught ...

A woman who suffered months of unexplained illness was shocked to discover the cause-a fish tapeworm inside her. Alexa Kilbride from New York, battled nausea, extreme weight loss, and panic ...

Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm) and Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) are two other tapeworms that affect humans. A tapeworm is a type of parasite that lives in the intestines of animals.

Fish tapeworm infections are more common in countries where the consumption of raw fish is common practice. These include Europe, North America, and some countries in Asia.

When threespine stickleback fish left marine waters to colonize northern freshwater lakes roughly 12,000 years ago, they encountered freshwater tapeworms. The parasites invaded their abdomens and grew ...

Parasites are known to alter the susceptibility of fish to predators. Angling can be considered predation of fish; however, there has been almost no in-depth research on how parasites affect the ...