NewsDesk @bactiman63 The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported in a health alert last week that there have been two human cases of Echinococcus (tapeworm) infection acquired...

What is Echinococcus? Echinococcus granulosus is a relatively small tapeworm (3-6 mm in length) that is found in dogs and other canids, wolves for example. Humans are accidentally infected through association...

In recent days, several publications have reported concerns of a tapeworm that has been found in two-thirds of wolf carcasses in Idaho. Similar prevalence has been seen in other states like Montana. The...