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Rare bear meat at gathering gives 10 people a scare—and parasitic worms

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Summary
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63% Informative

At least 22 people ate rare bear meat at a gathering in North Carolina .

At least 10 people developed symptoms of a worm infection.

The infection is from the roundworm Trichinella , which causes trichinellosis.

It's rarely fatal, but the nematodes tend to burrow out of the bowels and meander through the body.

VR Score

71

Informative language

73

Neutral language

52

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

likely hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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