Author: Judy Martin, Washington University in St. Louis

  • Dangerous lung worms found in people who eat raw crayfish

    If you’re headed to a freshwater stream this summer and a friend dares you to eat a raw crayfish – don’t do it. You could end up in the hospital with a severe parasitic infection. Physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have diagnosed a rare parasitic infection in six people who…