The University of Florida researchers recently discovered that “tequila worms” are, in fact, moth larvae. The “worms” are placed inside bottles of mezcal to enhance the color and flavor of the alcohol ...

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Experts believe the worm found in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was Taenia solium, or a pork tapeworm larva. The worm’s larval cysts could cause a parasitic infection in the brain called neurocysticercosis, ...

For some, it’s a reward. For others, it’s a punishment. The “tequila worm” divides alcohol connoisseurs as the wiggly little prize at the bottom of a bottle. What started as a marketing trend for ...

Doctors in Spain diagnosed a man with an unusual roundworm infection after watching an army of larvae writhe and slither under his skin, blanketing his whole body in an ever-shifting rash. Doctors ...

The third-party presidential candidate said in a 2012 deposition that a doctor suggested a parasite hurt him. We spoke to an expert, who said a brain-eating tapeworm larvae would be impossible.

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australi a n hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain. Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through ...

The little grub is actually found in mezcal, an alcohol also made from the agave plant, but distilled differently than tequila. Francisco Galarza via Unsplash For some, it’s a reward. For others, it’s ...