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First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite detected in the U.S., HHS confirms

The parasite — the larvae of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America ...
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Screwworm confirmed in US with first human case reported in Maryland: CDC

Health officials confirm that a Maryland resident was diagnosed with New World screwworm earlier this month after traveling ...

Everything you need to know about New World screwworm

Rollins opened an $8.5 million facility in South Texas for releasing sterile New World screwworm flies and introduced a ...

First U.S. case of screwworm detected nearly 50 years after eradicated

The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...

First human case of flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in U.S., HHS says

The government’s confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary ...

Flesh-eating screwworm detected in human in U.S. for 1st time in years

Federal officials confirmed a human case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Maryland, the first in the United States in ...

US screwworm patient recovered, Maryland says, as ranchers criticize secrecy

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from ...

First human screwworm case detected in U.S. as Texas ranchers express concerns about livestock

The first U.S. New World screwworm case in a human has been confirmed in a man who traveled from El Salvador, the Department ...