Raw seafood dishes are more than just sushi and sashimi. Take a look at favorite raw fish delicacies from coastal communities ...

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Tapeworm cases from raw fish have jumped in urban areas in recent years. June 16, 2009— -- One summer day in August 2006, Anthony Franz went to a Chicago area hospital carrying a 9-foot worm ...

When people eat this fish, we interrupt this natural cycle, and the nematode worm larvae can take up residence inside our throat, stomach, or intestinal lining instead.

With sushi restaurants now populating South Florida, eating raw fish carries risks, too. While sushi-related infections are uncommon , eating sushi is not entirely without risk.

Every year, almost one in ten people fall ill from eating contaminated food. The World Health Organization estimates that some 56 million cases of parasitic infections associated with the ...

Raw fish, such as sushi, and other uncooked seafood may be delicious, but they also may be dangerous — even life-threatening — if prepared inexpertly. Case in point: A 71-year old man in South ...

Summer is a deadly time for eating shellfish in Florida, particularly raw oysters. Oysters served in Florida and traced back to Louisiana are infecting people with vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium ...

53 People in 9 States Sickened After Eating Raw Tuna. The source of the outbreak is unknown, ... pregnant women and people with weak immune systems should not eat raw fish or raw shellfish.