Cyber & Technology April 19, 2026 179 stories in this edition

Quirky China: doctor removes worm from woman’s brain, under-fire gamer dyes her skin black

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Alice Yan
Quirky China: doctor removes worm from woman’s brain, under-fire gamer dyes her skin black

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Surgeons in southern China have removed an 8cm-long worm from a woman’s brain after she suffered from multiple mystery health problems. The 61-year-old had brain surgery at a hospital in Guangdong province in early April, the Shenzhen Evening News reported. Doctors said the existence of the parasite may have been due to an experience the woman had when she was young. She recalled that when she was a teenager, her mot...

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Surgeons in southern China have removed an 8cm-long worm from a woman’s brain after she suffered from multiple mystery health problems. The 61-year-old had brain surgery at a hospital in Guangdong province in early April...

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