Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to ...

Packs of flesh-eating New World screwworms may soon swarm the United States, but Texas has a plan to stop them. The big picture: The life-threatening maggots that prey on the open wounds of mammals ...

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 ...

HEAR. BUT THE FIRST CASE OF A FLESH EATING PARASITE HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE U.S. IN MARYLAND, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS THE CASE INVOLVES A PERSON WHO HAD RECENTLY TRAVELED TO ...

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 ...