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A Maryland resident is diagnosed with screwworm. Here's what to know about the flesh-eating parasite.

The New World screwworm case is the first reported U.S. case​ tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.

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 ...

‘It eats flesh. It's something like out of a horror movie,' TDA commish says of screwworm

The first human case of the flesh-eating screwworm has been detected in the US, but Texas has already been on the lookout for ...

First human case of flesh-eating maggot in U.S. detected in traveler, feds say

“This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an ...
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What is screwworm? Symptoms, prevention and treatment

The first human case of New World screwworm was confirmed in the United States after a Maryland resident was diagnosed ...
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First human case of screwworm adds to concerns over livestock and beef costs

The first reported case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human was confirmed by the U.S Department of Health and Human ...
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What is new world screwworm? What to know about deadly parasite found in Maryland case

First human case of a deadly flesh-eating parasite detected in US. Here's what to know about new world screwworm, what it ...

How much damage does the flesh-eating screwworm pose to Texas? Curious Texas answers

Federal and state officials are now monitoring an outbreak that has reached 370 miles from the Texas-Mexico border. Crews are ...