State health officials have issued a health advisory warning about a rare and previously eradicated parasite that can burrow ...

A human case of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm has been found in the United States, carried by a person who recently visited El Salvador. The patient had recently returned to Maryland from ...

In July, Mexican officials found an NWS case in Veracruz, 370 miles from the US border. On Sunday, Mexico’s National Service ...

Its larvae is capable of infesting “warm-blooded animals and people,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported the first human case of New World screwworm, the flesh-eating parasite, in the United States Reuters was ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man had a horrific experience after doctors extracted 150 live larvae from his nose over a week ago. According to NBC affiliate WTLV, a patient showed up at HCA ...

The first case in the United States of a deadly flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been detected. A person in Maryland was treated for the parasite after travelling from Guatemala, which follows an ...

The U.S. has confirmed the first case of the New World screwworm flesh-eating parasite in a human, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Health officials confirmed the first human case in the U.S. of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm that has been rapidly spreading among cattle in Mexico and Central America. The U.S.