The CDC reported the first known human case of a parasitic eye worm infection typically found in cattle. An Oregon woman, Abby Beckley, discovered the tiny worms in her eye in 2016 and had to manually remove 14 of them over several weeks. Doctors were initially puzzled by the infection, which is spread by flies, and opted for manual removal rather than anti-parasitic medication to avoid leaving dead parasites in the eye tissue.
