Awareness is key in preventing and treating rat lungworm, the prevalent and serious disease often found in East Hawaii residents. About 30 people attended the meeting at HPP’s community center to ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a case of rat lungworm disease in an individual on the island of Kauai. Rat lungworm disease, a parasitic disease also known as neuroangiostrongyliasis, ...

ATLANTA - A parasitic brain worm spread by rats and snails has been confirmed in Georgia, according to the findings of a recent study. Angiostrongylus cantonensis, also known as the rat lungworm, is ...

HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - Emily Faith Kubowski says it wasn’t that long ago when her daughter Elowen became ill with rat lungworm disease. “They were pretty sure she might never use her legs again ...