#tricia mynar

Health officials say the adults became infected with the rat lungworm parasite at a home in Keaʻau on Hawaiʻi Island a few weeks after drinking homemade kava.

As concerns surrounding Rat Lungworm persist on Maui, we had an opportunity to speak one-on-one with Tricia Mynar, a preschool teacher, who believes she contracted the illness from eating a salad at a Big Island restaurant.