10 In NC Get Worms From Undercooked Bear Meat

Ars Technica reports:

If you’re going to eat a bear, make sure it’s not rare. But that simple solution continues to be ignored, according to a report today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

In this week’s issue, health officials in North Carolina report that rare bear meat was served at a November 23 gathering, where at least 22 people ate the meat and at least 10 developed symptoms of a worm infection.

Of the 10, six were kids and teens between the ages of 10 and 18. The infection is from the roundworm Trichinella, which causes trichinellosis.

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