New World screwworm is a fly that lays its eggs in open wounds and body opening such as the eyes, ears, nose or mouth. It ...

The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the US is very low ...

The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on August 4 and the U.S. government's disclosure erodes ...

The parasite — the larvae of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America ...

Rollins opened an $8.5 million facility in South Texas for releasing sterile New World screwworm flies and introduced a ...

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a ...

The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...

The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite infestation has been confirmed in the US, authorities say. New World ...

A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the ...

The US has confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in a person in Maryland, who had traveled from ...

The government's confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary ...

A person in the U.S. who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. Health officials say the ...