Ten Alaskans were sickened by raw or undercooked walrus. A parasite was in the meat, CDC says.
The first sign came when a teenage girl from Gambell ended up in the hospital last summer. She was having trouble walking. She was weak and suffering with fever, rash and swollen, painful legs. Then her brother and father became ill. Then an aunt and uncle.
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