It's not just a rat disease. It's not just a worm disease. It's rat lungworm disease, and according to the Hawaii Department of Health, this is the disease that three separate people got when they ...

Hawaii public health authorities are urging both islanders and tourists to take precautions against rat lungworm, a parasitic worm that has infected five people in the state this year.

Cases of rat lungworm disease are primarily found in tropical parts of Asia, such as Thailand and Taiwan, with some cases popping up in Australia, Africa and the Caribbean, according to the CDC.

Rat lungworm disease has sickened three more visitors to the state of Hawaii recently, bringing the total number of cases to 10 for 2018 and five so far this year, the state’s Department of ...

The Hawaii State Department of Health has confirmed six cases of rat lungworm disease on the island of Maui and three cases on the Big Island over the past three months, an official said Monday.

Rat lungworm has been present in Hawaii for several decades, likely brought over on ships from Southeast Asia. But a newer Asian transplant, a semi-slug called Parmarion martensi, ...

Rat lungworm disease can have “debilitating effects on the infected person’s brain and spinal cord,” the Hawaii State Department of Health said, noting most people in the state becoming ill ...

You may have read a thing or two lately about the oh-so-grossly-named rat lungworm. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently confirmed three new cases in Hawaii since December 2018 .

There have been three other cases of rat lungworm disease on Hawaii Island in 2017. Meanwhile, Maui has seen six cases of the disease so far this year -- four residents and two visitors.

Hawaii public health authorities are urging both islanders and tourists to take precautions against rat lungworm, a parasitic worm that has infected five people in the state this year. Officials ...

Hawaii Department of Health officials confirmed Wednesday there were two additional rat lungworm disease cases in the state. The cases involve an adult Maui resident and an adolescent visiting ...