A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador came home last month with an unwelcome souvenir: larvae of the New World screwworm burrowing in their flesh. The patient has since recovered from the ...

The first confirmed U.S. human case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, has been reported in Maryland, following the patient's travel to El Salvador. Federal and state officials emphasize ...

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, ...

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) ...

The U.S. has confirmed the first case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Monday. New World screwworm (NWS) is a species of parasitic flies ...

Sunset Middle School student Christopher Mares, 11, walks his dairy Holstein commercial heifer through the cattle barn during ...

The number of cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals has risen by 53% in the last month in Mexico, according to government data. New World Screwworm (NWS), which eats warm-blooded animals alive, ...

The New World screwworm fly is a type of blowfly whose larvae feed on the flesh of their victims. Currently, the parasite is spreading in North America, threatening not only livestock but also dogs, ...