A number of family members who shared a meal of bear meat that one of the family members had harvested earlier were subsequently infected with brain worms, according to a new report from the ...

During a family reunion in South Dakota, six people were infected with trichinellosis after eating undercooked ... from black bear meat contracted trichinellosis, aka “brain worms,” according ...

The meat’s dark color made family ... getting trichinellosis — colloquially known as “brain worms” — after eating undercooked bear meat, the U.S. Center for Disease Control reports.

Six relatives got infected with brain worms after eating black bear meat one of the ... After a few ate some of the meat, they noticed it was undercooked, so they cooked the meat some more ...

Six people became infected with a parasite known as “brain worms” after eating undercooked black bear meat, or food cross-contaminated with the meat, at a family reunion in 2022 – the Center ...