Officials released more information on the first human case of screw worms as officials work to take action against the ...

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

Yesterday we received word that the Screw Worm has entered the United States, not by any livestock, but by a human, and that ...

The U.S. has confirmed the first case of the New World screwworm flesh-eating parasite in a human, according to the ...

Screwworm has not been detected in animals within the U.S., the USDA noted. It was largely eradicated for decades in the U.S.

Just two months after reports warily noted that new world screwworms, flesh-eating parasites that are notorious for killing ...

The US has reported its first-ever human case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite, detected in a Maryland resident who ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. health authorities have confirmed a human case of flesh-eating screw-worm parasite in the country, local media reported Sunday. The case was identified in a person ...

The woman's ordeal began when a screw worm fly infiltrated her mouth to deposit its eggs, which subsequently hatched and grotesquely burrowed down towards her lungs, which is devoured. In an even ...