A dangerous parasite that can spread to humans has been spotted in Washington, according to a Washington State University ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — A parasite commonly carried by foxes and coyotes appears to have established itself in the Pacific Northwest, according to Washington State University. The parasite, Echinococcus ...

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A tiny tapeworm never previously detected in the Pacific Northwest has been discovered in more than a third of urban coyotes tested by researchers in the Seattle area, according to a new University of ...

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A WOMAN who picked up a tapeworm during her travels in India left doctors stumped when she later battled a decade of seizures and developed psychosis. Four years after her trip, Lowri Denman, 42, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A parasite that’s commonly carried by foxes — and can be harmful to dogs and humans — has been found in the Pacific Northwest, according to researchers at Washington State ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — A parasite commonly carried by foxes that can be passed to domestic dogs and cause severe illness in humans on rare occasions appears to have established itself in the Pacific ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University (WSU) announced on Tuesday that pathologists at the university’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory had detected a potentially dangerous parasite in ...

A fox parasite that can spread to dogs and humans has made another appearance in the Pacific Northwest, researchers at Washington State University said Tuesday. Commonly known as the fox tapeworm, ...