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A California sea lion rescued with a bullet lodged behind its eye has been rehabilitated and returned to the ocean after several weeks of care at SeaWorld San Diego, park officials said. Rescued ...

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So, I'm not the only one who has those little floaters in my vision?

Every year, thousands of people are blinded suddenly, like Durst, by injuries to their cornea, the dome-shaped lenses that cap each iris. These injuries are often debilitating. In the weeks after his ...

SAN DIEGO — Brain-eating worms known as "rat lungworm" have been found in San Diego County, the first time the parasitic worms have been found in any state west of Texas. According to new research ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Editor's note: A previous version of this article credited the research to the CDC. The study appeared in a CDC journal, but the research was conducted by the San Diego Zoo ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A neurological disease called rat lungworm has been found in wild animals and one zoo animal in San Diego County, ...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasite found in rats. It is also called rat lungworm. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) A disease that can cause neurological illness and meningitis in ...