A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a ...

The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the US is very low ...

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

The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on August 4 and the U.S. government's disclosure erodes ...

A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the ...

The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first human case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm ...

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite, New World Screwworm, has been detected in the United States.

A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health ...

The New World screwworm is a type of fly that can cause widespread devastation to livestock, wildlife and pets.

U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically ...