Teen Gets Hookworm from Florida Beach Sand
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer | July 26, 2018 01:02pm ET
A Tennessee teen's summer trip to Florida turned nightmarish after he contracted hookworms from playing in the sand at the beach, according to news reports.
The 17-year-old Michael Dumas visited south Florida in June for a church trip, and during a beach-outing, his friends buried him in sand, according to news station Local Memphis.
https://www.livescience.com/63174-teen-gets-hookworm-from-florida-beach-sand.html
