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Even though the presence of raccoon excrement on a backyard deck is nothing out of the ordinary, public health organizations claim that there exists a danger that might be overlooked by the uninformed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The CDC is urgently trying to find the source of the outbreak which has sickened hundreds of people across the U.S. since the ...

Baylisascaris procyonis is a parasitic nematode endemic to raccoons (Procyon lotor) that has emerged as a significant cause of larva migrans in a wide range of vertebrate hosts. Adult worms inhabit ...