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CDC: Half of all children get pinworm infection

Posted at 1:48 PM, Dec 07, 2017
and last updated 2017-12-07 14:48:40-05

Vince Vitrano talks to Kristin Bencik from Bayshore Pediatrics about a parasite that about 50 percent of all children will have at some point in their life. 

Pinworms are parasitic worms commonly ingested by children, and Bencik says it's an easy cure once diagnosed.