An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has killed seven people and infected at least 1 ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to clinicians Tuesday, warning that the savage, flesh ...

A Texas agency is concerned that the flesh-eating New World screwworm could be getting closer to Texas without commercial ...

A case of New World screwworm was detected in livestock in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which borders the southern tip of ...

A response plan in Texas, for implementation if the New World Screwworm parasite crosses the border, was unveiled by U.S.

Doctors should be hypervigilant of any suspected cases of New World Screwworm as the parasitic larva nears the country, the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A flesh-eating parasite has recently popped up in the United States not too far from the Midstate. While screwworms look like caterpillars before they turn into a butterfly, ...

WASHINGTON (WDCW) – The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking havoc on cattle and driving up beef prices, has been reported in Maryland, ...

Health officials confirmed the first human case in the U.S. of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm that has been rapidly spreading among cattle in Mexico and Central America. The U.S.

The New World screwworm is a flesh-eating parasite that lays eggs in open wounds. It can be devastating to livestock and, in rare cases, humans. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/TNS) ...

Federal officials confirmed a human case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Maryland, the first in the United States in years. The Department of Health and Human Services said the case involved a ...

"Stay vigilant and prepare immediately," Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned state residents.