The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ...

The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country's only case so far this year and poses ...

The adult screwworm is actually a fly, but it’s most dangerous in its larval stage. Flies lay their eggs in the fresh wounds or orifices of warm-blooded animals — it mostly affects livestock but can ...

The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. Here's what ...

A person in Maryland has been diagnosed with an infection of the flesh-eating New World screwworm. It's the first case in the ...

The New World screwworm case is the first reported U.S. case​ tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.

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

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

The patient recently traveled to El Salvador, where cattle farmers have been battling the “man-eater” maggots for the past ...

The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite has been identified in Maryland, involving a traveler 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 ...