"This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an ...

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

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

A flesh-eating parasite nearly eradicated decades ago is headed for Texas, cattle producers warn, prompting urgent calls for ...

A parasite that eats live flesh has resurfaced near Texas, sparking fears for ranchers, pets and the cattle industry.

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

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

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

The first U.S. New World screwworm case in a human has been confirmed in a man who traveled from El Salvador, the Department ...

The parasite has been a larger concern to ranchers, as cattle infestations have been moving northward through Central America ...

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

The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first human case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm ...