The tapeworm taenia solium enters the human body by ingesting the parasite’s larval cysts. These eggs can then develop into adult tapeworms in a human’s gut, usually around 5 to 12 weeks ...

His mouth is a little round hole that looks as if a big fat worm lived down there—and one does. Beneath the comic mask is a tragic figure: Capannelle has a tapeworm and no teeth.

Tapeworms have no brains, no hearts, no mouths, and no guts; they absorb nutrients through their pale skin. In a tapeworm chain, one end will become the “head,” growing specialized structures ...

Eight-foot-long tapeworm found living inside girl after she ate contaminated sushi. A doctor has warned against eating raw fish. ... From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, ...