Politifact

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a worm ate part of his brain. Experts said that’s unlikely.

Experts believe the worm found in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was Taenia solium, or a pork tapeworm larva. The worm’s larval cysts could cause a parasitic infection in the brain called neurocysticercosis, ...
Slate

The Story About a Worm Eating RFK Jr.’s Brain Is Not As Funny (?) As It Sounds

This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. “The doctor believed that the abnormality ...
New York Post

RFK Jr. said doctors found a dead worm in his head after it ate part of his brain

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a deposition taken more than a decade ago that a worm ate part of his brain before dying inside his head. RFK Jr., now 70, made the ...
CBS News

RFK Jr. says he suffered from a parasitic brain worm and mercury poisoning

The campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent running for president, confirmed Wednesday that he contracted a parasite in his brain over a decade ago. His campaign's comment came after The ...
CNN

NYT: RFK Jr. says worm ‘got into my brain and ate a portion of it’

The worms get nutrients from the body, but they are not eating the brain tissue, he said. Pork tapeworm infections can be difficult to diagnose because when the worm is alive it masks itself from ...
Rolling Stone

Could a Worm Really ‘Eat’ Part of RFK Jr.’s Brain? We Talked to a Neurologist

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sold himself as the younger, healthier alternative to Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, but he once suffered a medical ailment so bizarre it has ...
The Washington Post

RFK Jr. revealed he had a parasitic brain worm. Here’s what to know.

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that he was diagnosed with mercury poisoning around the same time doctors discovered a parasitic worm in his brain, adding to questions about ...
Business Insider

We asked a parasite expert about RFK Jr.'s claim that a worm ate his brain. Here's what they said.

Did a worm eat Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s brain? The third-party presidential candidate said in a 2012 deposition that a doctor suggested a parasite hurt him. We spoke to an expert, who said a ...
NPR

RFK Jr. isn't the only one. More than a billion people have parasitic worms

Editor's note: This post originally published on May 9 and has been updated. "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." These are words nobody wants to say. They were spoken ...
CNN

RFK Jr. details medical abnormality that he says was a parasitic worm in his brain

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday detailed the medical abnormality he experienced in 2010 that he said was caused by a worm that entered his brain and then died, ...
NPR

RFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic worms

"A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." These are words nobody wants to say. They were spoken by a U.S. presidential candidate ...
STAT

Brain worms are more common than you think. Here’s what doctors who’ve treated them say.

Yes, it’s possible to have a worm living in your brain — in fact, it’s far more common than you might think, said Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at the Boston University ...