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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

In May 2022 a group of nine family members met in South Dakota and shared kebabs made from the meat of a black bear and vegetables ... otherwise known as brain worms. After health officials ...