Trichinosis, a disease caused by the parasitic intestinal roundworm Trichinella spiralis (trichinae), is contracted by warm-blooded mammals through ingestion of raw or undercooked meat infected by trichinae. Pork and bear meat are primary sources of...

Trichinosis, also called trichinellosis, or trichiniasis, is a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork and wild game infected with the larvae of a species of roundworm Trichinella spiralis, commonly called the trichina worm. The few...

Two outbreaks in 1990 of trichinosis (infection with Trichinella spiralis worm larvae) due to eating undercooked infested pork point up the need for consumers to continue guarding against this preventable, sometimes fatal illness. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta warned in...

The ritual is as predictable and enduring as a Japanese tea ceremony. I plunk down a platter laden with juicy slices of roast pork on the dinner table. My wife regards her portion suspiciously. "I don't know," she says, her eyebrows furrowed. "It still...