Essentially, these are larval cysts from taenia solium – also known as the pork tapeworm,” the doctor explained on his X (formerly Twitter) profile. According to Ghali, this occurs when a ...

“The biggest risk factors for a tapeworm infection include consuming raw or undercooked meats like pork and beef or fish. Sadly, this includes one of my favorites — sushi. But for the ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley visits Kenya to see how the beef tapeworm needs to infect both beef cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle. He collects some infected beef in Kenya ...