Health officials in Hawaii have recently issued heightened warnings to tourists and residents alike, advising them to avoid consuming raw or undercooked food.
This alert is associated with neuroangiostrongyliasis, commonly referred to as rat lungworm disease, which is endemic throughout the islands in the State of Hawaiʻi.
Humans become accidental hosts by ingesting contaminated items, which allows larvae to migrate to the brain and spinal cord.
Hawaiʻi Warns Tourists Amid Brain-Invading Disease Concerns
Consensus Offers Best Practices for Post-COVID-19 Residual Abnormalities on Chest CT
Term ‘post-COVID-19 residual lung abnormality’ should be used instead of ‘interstitial lung abnormality’ for describing post-COVID-19 abnormalities