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US screwworm patient recovered, Maryland says, as ranchers criticize secrecy

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from ...

Everything you need to know about New World screwworm

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

Rare human case of New World screwworm identified in United States after travel from El Salvador

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

Texas on front lines of screwworm fight as flesh-eating parasite hits U.S

As Texas ramps up efforts to stop the spread of a flesh-eating parasite, health officials confirmed Monday the first U.S.

Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of ...

What is the New World screwworm parasite?

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

Flesh-eating screwworm diagnosed in person in the US

The CDC and HHS confirm the first travel-related human case of flesh-eating screwworms connected to an outbreak spreading ...
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Marylander contracts flesh-eating screwworm infection in El Salvador visit, is recovering

A Maryland resident has recovered from travel-associated New World screwworm (NWS) myiasis, according to the Maryland ...