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First U.S. case of screwworm detected nearly 50 years after eradicated

The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...
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New World Screwworm: What Is It, And Why Is It Hitting The Headlines?

W aking up this morning, you may have seen the news that the US has reported its first human case of travel-associated New ...

As Texas gears up for a screwworm fight, the first U.S. patient has been identified

The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...

Horrifying screwworm infection confirmed in US traveler after overseas trip

Reuters was first to report the case early Monday, quoting Andrew Nixon, spokesperson for the US Department of Health and ...

Maryland health officials confirm a screwworm infection. Here’s what residents should understand about the parasite.

A Maryland traveler who visited El Salvador was recently diagnosed with New World screwworm, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Maryland screwworm case ...