National and Kansas healthcare officials are warning people to watch out for possible signs of a flesh-eating parasite.

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

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

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

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) ...

A “horrific” flesh-eating parasite, which was eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s, is migrating north from South America The New World screwworm is a fly that lays its eggs on or near a wound; Its ...

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, ...

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 ...