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

In Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico, new cases of New World screwworm , or NWS, have been confirmed by Mexico’s National Service of ...

A rare human case of a deadly parasite infestation has become the latest unsettling pathogen to make headlines in the United States. A New World Screwworm case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease ...

Mexican agricultural authorities have detected a new case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, about 70 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, Texas. Arizona's agricultural ...

A Maryland resident has recovered from a screwworm infection, according to the Maryland Department of Health. The state health department described the illness as "travel-associated New World ...

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

Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. The patient, a Maryland resident, had recently returned from ...

Kansas health officials have alerted providers about the potential for human cases of New World screwworm. New World screwworm maggots burrow into and feed on the living flesh of animals and humans.

A Maryland resident contracted New World screwworm myiasis after traveling to El Salvador. Public health officials confirmed no evidence of further transmission in Maryland. New World screwworm, ...