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

New World screwworm is a fly that lays its eggs in open wounds and body openings. The parasite is typically found in South ...

New World screwworm detections in Mexico during 2024 prompted U.S. officials to tighten animal checks at the border and to ...

U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically ...

A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health ...

The first human screwworm case in the U.S. has been traced to a person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala.

The first reported case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human was confirmed by the U.S Department of Health and Human ...

The Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday the first human case of the flesh-eating parasite, “New World ...

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

WASHINGTON ( WDCW) – The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking ...

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