Federal health officials reported on Monday that cases of a flesh-eating parasitic infection continue to be detected near the ...

The flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm, was detected this month in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, just 90 miles ...

The first case of a flesh-eating maggot in years has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed with Fast Company on Monday. The maggot, the larva ...

A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease ...

A flesh-eating parasite spreading across Mexico and Central America has placed the U.S. on high alert, but government ...

Federal and state governments are preparing a major response to a dangerous flesh-eating, parasitic fly present in Mexico as ...

The first human case of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite called “new world screwworm” has been detected in the United States, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. According to ...

The United States’ suspension of live cattle imports from Mexico has severely impacted rancher Martín Ibarra Vargas, who, after two years of severe drought, had hoped to put his family on better ...

In this undated photo provided by The Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Cattle Screwworms (COPEG), a worker drops New World screwworm fly larvae into a tray at a ...