Live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world first

2023-08-30

Live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world first

1. Live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world first

- An 8cm worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman.

- The worm was pulled from her damaged frontal lobe during surgery in Canberra last year.

- Her case is believed to be the first case of a larvae invasion and development in the human brain.

2. Bavarian deputy leader Aiwanger under pressure for an old anti-Semitic flyer.

- The deputy premier of Bavaria, Hubert Aiwanger, has been asked to explain his role in a schoolboy anti-Semitic pamphlet.

- He denies writing the Auschwitz pamphlet which mocked the Holocaust but he has admitted having it 35 years ago.

- Conservative Premier Markus Soder has asked Mr Aiwanger to reply to 25 questions on the controversy.

3. Rzeszow: Legionnaires' disease kills 14 in Poland

- Fourteen people have died and more than 150 cases have been confirmed following an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in south-eastern Poland.

- Many of those infected have been taken to hospital since the outbreak was detected last week.

- Nine new cases were diagnosed on Tuesday.

1. Live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world first

- In a world first, scientists say an 8cm worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman.

- The "string-like structure" was pulled from the patient's damaged frontal lobe during surgery in Canberra last year.

- Her case is believed to be the first instance of a larvae invasion and development in the human brain, researchers said in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal which reported the case.

2. Bavarian deputy leader Aiwanger under pressure for an old anti-Semitic flyer.

- The deputy premier of the German state of Bavaria, Hubert Aiwanger, has been asked to explain his role in a schoolboy anti-Semitic pamphlet.

- The populist conservative leader denies writing the Auschwitz pamphlet which mocked the Holocaust but he has admitted having it 35 years ago.

- Conservative Premier Markus Soder has asked Mr Aiwanger to reply to 25 questions on the controversy.

3. Rzeszow: Legionnaires' disease kills 14 in Poland

- Fourteen people have died and more than 150 cases have been confirmed following an outbreak ofLegionnaires' disease in south-eastern Poland.

- Many of those infected have been taken to hospital since the outbreak was detected last week.

- Nine new cases were diagnosed on Tuesday.

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