Dr. Heather Walden of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine describes the signs of New World screwworm ...

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

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently identified an ...

The pest, which typically affects livestock, feasts on healthy tissue and can be deadly if not promptly treated.

Federal officials confirmed a human case of New World screwworm on Tuesday and said the government will be monitoring ...

The first case of a New World screwworm infestation in a human was confirmed in the U.S., according to the Department of ...

The first-ever American to be infected with the “horrific” flesh-eating parasite contracted it while traveling ...

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

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 first human case of a dangerous, flesh-eating parasite has been confirmed in the United States, in someone who recently ...

All of this is at risk because of the New World screwworm. Working with Secretary Rollins and members of the agricultural ...

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