A dangerous tapeworm, not found in Pacific Northwest wildlife until this year, is more widespread than researchers expected. Echinococcus multilocularis, a tapeworm that can cause severe disease in ...

The fox tapeworm can spread through contaminated feces and may cause serious liver disease in rare human cases.

New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the United States and Canada has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The tapeworm, called Echinococcus multilocularis ...

A parasite commonly carried by foxes and coyotes appears to have established itself in the Pacific Northwest, according to Washington State University. The parasite, Echinococcus multilocularis, is ...