A parasitic worm infection, once thought to only be found in cows, has shown up in a second person in just two years—and it has experts worried that it may be on the rise in the US. The worm in ...

It took a team of scientists and a 1928 paper in a German journal to identify the floaty, clear worms swimming in Abby Beckley’s left eye.

Q: Please tell me more about the recent story in the news about the young woman who spent time on a ranch and then found worms living inside her eyes. We are cattle ranchers, and now I’m worried ...

And it wasn’t just one — a total of 14 worms were pulled from Abby Beckley’s left eye during the 2016 episode, according to the report. Beckley first discovered the infestation after a week ...

Abby Beckley, 28, is the first human in history to become infected with Thelazia gulosa, a rare eye worm that, up until now, had only been found in cattle ...

Woman Pulls Parasitic Cattle Eye Worm From Her Own Eye This was the first-known time the parasite has made the jump from cows to humans. Jason Daley - Correspondent. February 13, 2018.

The CDC examined some of the worms, and identified them as cattle eye worms which are spread by a kind of fly called “face flies.” Richard Bradbury, the lead author of the study, said the researchers ...

The disease, which can be fatal, is spread through a parasite in Asian Longhorned Ticks, a new invasive tick only recently ...

Q: Please tell me more about the recent story in the news about the young woman who spent time on a ranch and then found worms living inside her eyes. We are cattle ranchers, and now I’m worried ...