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.

“The stench…it’s like roadkill stewed in infection,” explains Jose Santiago Gallardo Espinosa, a cattle producer from Chiriqui, Panama, describing an animal that has been infected with New World ...

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite called "New World Screwworm" has been detected in the United States according to the Maryland Department of Health and Human Services. State leaders ...

GUARANTEES AND HOW TO GET THE U.S. MORE INVOLVED. A DANGEROUS PARASITE CALLED SCREWWORM HAS SHOWN UP IN A HUMAN HERE IN THE U.S., KOAT U-N-M HEALTH EXPERT DOCTOR ASH TOLD OUR OWN DARLENE MELENDEZ THAT ...

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 ...

Maggots may be the key to more accurately determining when people died, according to Florida researchers, pointing to the genetic makeup of larvae. The findings build on previous methods that ...

The FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for an animal drug to treat cats and kittens infected with the parasite New World screwworm (NWS). The majority of cats in the U.S. are at low ...